The last race in Austria offered a glimmer of hope to Max Verstappen's rivals as the reigning F1 champion's Red Bull suffered from unusually high tyre degradation. read more »

After grabbing pole position in qualifying, and then taking a relatively straightforward win in the sprint race, the world champion had looked all set to run away with the main... read more »

The Red Bull driver had led away early on from pole position, but soon came under attack from the pursuing Leclerc.After losing the lead to his Ferrari rival on lap 12,... read more »

Max Verstappen has explained the reason why he couldn't tackle Charles Leclerc for the win... read more »

The inherently high degradation of these tyres, along with the ease of overtaking, could produce a photo-finish, of the sort we see in motorcycle racing at this track. read more »

Hamilton had delivered his most competitive outing of the season so far at Silverstone, as he led the race during the middle pitstop phase having extended his first stint on... read more »

Albon arrived in Spain looking to continue his excellent recent form for Williams that had seen him score three points in the previous three races, finishing ninth in Miami two... read more »

Managing tyre pace and degradation was very challenging, but nonetheless, Nicholas was able to put together a strong race and manage his tyres well enough to catch Magnussen... read more »

Degradation will definitely be a factor tomorrow, with temperatures predicted to be perhaps even hotter than today, so this is likely to be the most challenging race of the... read more »

In these temperatures it's all going to be about tyre degradation and management, so it will be a very close and fascinating race tomorrow. read more »

After Bahrain, this was the first big 'degradation' circuit of the year and we saw track temperatures that peaked at nearly 50 degrees this afternoon, adding to the... read more »

Red Bull has so far appeared to favour a lower downforce approach to each track, maximising top speed at the expense of performance through corners.Ferrari, on the other hand,... read more »

Fernando Alonso says tyre degradation is still an issue when following a rival car closely, despite the introduction of new technical regulations. This year, the cars have been... read more »

Alonso qualified sixth for Alpine on Friday in wet conditions, but struggled with tyre degradation in the sprint race, causing him to slip back to ninth place over the 21-lap... read more »

Vintage Max Verstappen in the Imola sprint says Nico Rosberg, but he worries for Ferrari who struggled with degradation. read more »

F1 championship leader Charles Leclerc has challenged Ferrari to "come back stronger" after tyre degradation cost him top spot for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix grid. read more »

But as teams and drivers have begun digging deeper into the new cars, the reality of an entirely different handling model has come to the fore.For after years of teams having... read more »

As part of F1's rules overhaul for 2022, which has included a switch to ground effect cars, official tyre supplier Pirelli is also moving to 18-inch wheels.The change,... read more »

It has been an average start to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Scuderia Ferrari, with both drivers ending Friday towards the bottom of the top ten at the Yas Marina Circuit. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says concerns over degradation prompted the team to change Lewis Hamilton's engine at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.  read more »

Toto Wolff has revealed that an inexplicable decrease in power due to degradation forced Mercedes into another change of the internal combustion engine in Lewis Hamilton's... read more »

The opening day for this weekend's United States Grand Prix presented Pirelli's tyres with a huge stress to deal with due to the high temperatures and the punishingly... read more »

Track temperature was very high todsy and that obviously had an effect on the long runs, where degradation appeared quickly on the Softs. That could make things tricky come Sunday. read more »

When it came to race result, the Italian Grand Prix produced an unexpected and surprising result thanks to the dramatic crash between the championship protagonists Max... read more »

The early safety car gave the tyres some respite, but the soft performed better than expected, with very low levels of degradation despite the warm temperatures. read more »