The long run performance looks competitive, although coping with the high tyre degradation will be critical come Sunday. read more »

Nico Hülkenberg says that the extra wheelspin caused by this year's power units are providing excessive rear tyre wear to the Pirelli rubber at this... read more »

Nico Rosberg has revealed Mercedes suffered with higher than expected tyre degradation in Friday's practices at the Sepang circuit.... read more »

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg has said that tyre degradation during practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix was higher than anticipated after he set the fastest time at Sepang. read more »

Mercedes' apparent speed advantage over the chasing - but closing - pack may be stymied by fears over tyre degradation on the W05 after a longstanding weakness in the... read more »

Pirelli believes it is still on target to deliver between two and three stops per driver at the Australian Grand Prix, despite the increased force going through the tyres.... read more »

Mercedes lost ground in the second half of the 2013 Formula 1 season because it over-reacted to its early tyre degradation problems, reckons team boss Toto Wolff. read more »

Tyre degradation is still an unknown factor to be assessed carefully, especially in the light of the data we acquired from the long runs. read more »

Wear and degradation is where we would expect it to be: the medium tyre will be the one to qualify on, while we're seeing very little degradation on the hard tyre. read more »

Tyre supplier Pirelli has warned teams to limit the amount of laps they complete on each of the compounds because degradation has been higher than expected. The supplier... read more »

Wear and degradation is generally in line with our expectations but there have been some issues with blistering on the soft compound while some drivers ran up to 24 laps on the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is expecting the degradation on the soft tyre to improve as the Indian GP weekend progresses after drivers suffered from blistering during Friday practice -... read more »

Driver confidence is the key to getting the lap time and that's where we will concentrate our efforts. Initial indications are that the race pace looks competitive along... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has admitted Mercedes have work to do on their rear tyre degradation after an inconclusive Friday practice for the team in Japan - although admits the pace of... read more »

Although Sergio Perez admits degradation is "part of the game", the McLaren driver says Pirelli's blow-outs are "totally unacceptable"... read more »

Sauber F1 was able to score further points at the Singapore Grand Prix, increasing its yearly tally to 19. Nico Hülkenberg fought his way to 9th, despite having to give back a... read more »

Thermal degradation proved to be the limiting factor that the tyres had to overcome today rather than actual wear. read more »

Nico Rosberg is concerned that Mercedes could struggle with thermal degradation at the Singapore Grand Prix after his tyres had a tendency to overheat during Friday practice read more »

From what we can see so far, degradation and wear are at the levels we anticipated, with a performance gap of around a second between the two compounds. read more »

Nico Rosberg is optimistic the new tyre construction this weekend has aided Mercedes' degradation issues, but is still expecting a tough race on Sunday in Hungary read more »

Wear and degradation has been very much under control so far, but with even higher track and ambient temperatures expected tomorrow, good tyre management and a flexible... read more »

McLaren had reason to be satisfied on Friday after they enjoyed their best practice session of the season, with Jenson Button posting the sixth quickest time during FP1 and... read more »

Mercedes Executive Director Toto Wolff says that the rate of tyre degradation on the team’s W04 chassis will be reduced in Hungary, but is still remaining wary of the... read more »

Caterham had its two race drivers in the seat on the final day of the young driver test. Both completed an identical programme with Giedo van der Garde running before noon and... read more »

Overall performance and durability of our tyres were in line with our expectations while thermal degradation was perhaps a little higher than expected today, due to the high... read more »