The work we carried out on the 2015 rear structure has clearly paid dividends, with much less wear and degradation seen on the rears. read more »

Controlling wear and degradation is the biggest challenge, as Montmelo takes a lot out of the tyres due to long high-speed corners and fast changes of direction. read more »

Williams pair Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa believe upgrades to the FW37 for the start of the European season will only help the team try and cure their early-season tyre... read more »

The pattern of wear and degradation today was exactly as we expected, especially in FP2, which was the only really relevant session. read more »

Sebastian Vettel took his first Ferrari victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix and the first for the team in 35 races after beating Mercedes in a battle of tyre degradation and... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg believes how the new Pirelli tyres perform in Melbourne has the potential to provide opportunities for Force India to make valuable gains read more »

Michelin says it turned down the chance to return to Formula 1 after rejecting the request to produce degrading tyres to spice up the racing read more »

Pirelli has nominated the tyres that will be used in the opening four races of the 2015 season; of Australia, Malaysia, China and Bahrain. In Australia, Pirelli will bring the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he experienced "more consistent" tyre degradation on Pirelli's development 2015 rubber at this week's Abu Dhabi test. read more »

McLaren had a Brazilian Grand Prix with varying success. Jenson Button did an excellent job managing tyre wear to finish fourth. Kevin Magnussen meanwhile struggled to handle... read more »

We still don't have a clear indication of the levels of true degradation we're ultimately going to see. read more »

Nico Rosberg does not think severe tyre degradation will be as much of an issue for the rest of the weekend in Brazil despite it causing a "worry" during Friday practice read more »

Jenson Button has blamed significant tyre-degradation issues for his failure to score points in the United States Grand Prix. read more »

Despite a number of interesting fights during the US GP, McLaren's drivers failed to make a big impression, ending the race with just an 8th place position for Kevin... read more »

Felipe Massa has criticised Pirelli's tyre choice selection for the forthcoming Brazilian grand prix, saying it may even be "dangerous". Last year's... read more »

Wear and degradation were extremely low at this brand new track in Sochi, which enabled most drivers to utilise a one-stop strategy. read more »

Throughout the weekend, wear and degradation rates were low on both compounds. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo admits he will be targeting third in the Belgian GP, but says will be ready to pounce on Mercedes suffer any degradation problems... read more »

Felipe Massa is convinced that Williams can fight for the podium in this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps. Austria pole sitter Massa has not finished on... read more »

Despite the fact that tyre wear and degradation is traditionally high at Spa we have been able to nominate the soft tyres as well as the medium for the first time since 2011. read more »

Force India duo Nico Hülkenberg and Sergio Perez were left to lament heavy front tyre degradation during the German Grand Prix. read more »

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli is on target with its degradation levels at this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix, according to Motorsport Director Paul Hembery. read more »

We're only expecting one or two stops for most drivers, depending on the car. That's a sign of how low wear and degradation has been. read more »

The indications we are seeing so far suggest that wear and degradation are extremely contained. read more »

We tested all the aerodynamic pieces we brought here and they seem to be working very well. We seem to have found a reasonable balance with tyre warm-up and degradation. read more »