Sergio Perez says Force India needs to get on top of its tyre degradation problems before it can make huge steps forward read more »
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There will be no sudden surprises when it comes to tyre life in F1 2016, as Pirelli confirms that it expects more gradual degradation of its re-constructed race rubber. read more »
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Tyre wear and degradation was well within control, even though we were using the two softest compounds in the range. read more »
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We anticipate some degree of thermal degradation to remain a factor during the race. read more »
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Pirelli is hoping to engineer a sudden drop-off in performance back into its tyres for 2016 in order to make racing more exciting. Since Pirelli returned to the sport in 2011,... read more »
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While wear and degradation is typically high, we are not noticing anything out of the ordinary. read more »
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Nico Rosberg starts the Mexican Grand Prix from his fourth consecutive pole position for Mercedes. With low tyre degradation it is likely to be a one-stop race, with the medium... read more »
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Mercedes aren't particularly worried by their performance, or rather lack of, at the Singapore Grand Prix, which saw them qualify on the third row as both Ferrari and Red... read more »
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Force India's Sergio Perez expressed his happiness with the squad's performance across the Italian Grand Prix weekend as it moved back into fifth position in the... read more »
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Mercedes did a perfect job to take the front row at Spa with Lewis Hamilton ahead of Nico Rosberg. They did the minimum number of laps and the key decision was both drivers... read more »
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes one-stop grands prix are bad for Formula 1 and Pirelli needs to revert to higher-degradation tyres read more »
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As we expected, given the specific characteristics of this circuit, tyre wear and degradation was extremely low on both compounds. read more »
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Wear and degradation is low so a one-stop strategy is possible, but a two-stop strategy is likely as well. read more »
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While it's hard to extrapolate much data from today, the new surface should have the effect of decreasing wear and degradation still further. read more »
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Pirelli's brand new supersoft tyre will make its debut this weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix, alongside the soft cmpound which has already been used at all but two races... read more »
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Romain Grosjean says he was pleased to collect some championship points as he endured a tough race at the Spanish Grand Prix. Grosjean experienced high tyre wear and clipped... read more »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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The pattern of wear and degradation today was exactly as we expected, especially in FP2, which was the only really relevant session. read more »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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Valtteri Bottas says he experienced "more consistent" tyre degradation on Pirelli's development 2015 rubber at this week's Abu Dhabi test. read more »