Tyre degradation in China is traditionally quite high: the teams were clearly trying to save tyres where they could today and tyre strategy is clearly going to be crucial. read more »

As the Formula 1 fraternity prepares to depart to Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix, tyre degradation is once again a top priority for teams’ and drivers’ alike. Pirelli have... read more »

Pirelli believes too much has been made of tyre degradation issues at Mercedes - and believes deeper analysis of the Australian race shows its issues are not as bad as some... read more »

Jenson Button says he is chasing single-lap performance ahead of qualifying despite high levels of tyre degradation in Malaysia read more »

We knew that tyre management would play a key role over the weekend and it was immeditaly clear this morning that degradation levels on both tyre compounds are going to be high. read more »

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 »