Balance problems, tyre degradation and another gearbox reliability issue frustrated Sauber's efforts during Friday's practice sessions in Malaysia. read more »

Mercedes has faith that it can get on top of the tyre degradation issues that hampered its race performance in the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Tyre degradation will be the key feature of this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur. This is the view of Caterham F1 Technical Director Mark Smith, who is... read more »

Nico Rosberg believes his Mercedes team can quickly get on the top of the tyre degradation issues which hampered its chances in Australia. read more »

Despite attempting to downplay their tyre degradation rate during pre-season testing, Ross Brawn admits it was a problem in the Australian GP... read more »

Felipe Massa blamed his dismal performance at the Australian Grand Prix on a poor balance in his Ferrari, which resulted in excessive tyre degradation read more »

Nico Rosberg said Mercedes "weren't where we wanted to be" in the Australian Grand Prix due to tyre degradation issues read more »

Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn blamed tyre degradation for the disappointing end to the squad's Australian Grand Prix weekend read more »

Michael Schumacher is unconcerned by the level of soft tyre degradation experienced by the Mercedes team during the final pre-season Formula 1 test of 2012 at Barcelona this week. read more »

Michael Schumacher has revealed that Mercedes are not getting the same mileage from their Pirelli tyres as many of their rivals achieve... read more »

Michael Schumacher has revealed that tyre degradation is an area where Mercedes must improve, as well as admitting that some of the team's chief rivals were getting better... read more »

Pirelli is open to the idea of making its softer tyre more aggressive later this year if the compound does not deliver the high levels of degradation it is hoping for read more »

The E20 in numbers 0: The time taken in seconds for the gearbox of the E20 to change gear (drive is never lost during the gearshift). 0.1: How much faster in seconds the E20... read more »

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh has urged Pirelli to go back to high degradation tyres in order to spice up F1 grands prix... read more »

Jenson Button, 3rd: “I couldn’t really get the soft tyre working around here – we had massive degradation on each set – and that prompted read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 1st: “The car felt really good today– on both high and low fuel. And degradation on the new Option tyre seems pretty acceptable; I read more »

From what they have seen so far, Pirelli believes tyre degradation is not a big issue in Abu Dhabi, which should allow the drivers just to go as fast as they can and... read more »

Oct.17 (GMM) After drinking in Red Bull's title success in Korea, formula one awoke on Monday morning to terrible news from the world's other premier single seater... read more »

Lotus Renault GP were frustrated by their lack of results in Korea, after Vitaly Petrov's early accident and Bruno Senna's struggles with increasing tyre degradation. read more »

Jenson Button believes Sunday’s Korean Grand Prix will be ‘a little bit of an unknown’ in terms of car setup and tyre degradation, with Friday... read more »

Oct.14 (GMM) Formula one drivers are worried Korea could this weekend host some of the worst tyre degradation of the season. "We will definitely stop more than twice (in... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is wary that the Korean Grand Prix could be difficult if tyre degradation is high in dry conditions read more »

Jenson Button believes some drivers might have to make five pit stops during the Korean Grand Prix, as tyre degradation looks set to be a defining factor in Sunday's race read more »

AT&T Williams leaves Suzuka with a two car finish but no points today as tyre degradation and a safety car deployment compromised both its drivers’ races. Pastor... read more »

Force India drivers Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta have refused to dwell on their early qualifying exits at Suzuka on Saturday afternoon, with the pair having to settle for... read more »