Mercedes have become the latest team to trial F1's wider 2017 tyres, as the world champions simulated next season's downforce levels. read more »

Toto Wolff believes high tyre pressures at the Belgian Grand Prix prevented Mercedes extracting the true potential of its car's downforce package, but says he is... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is hoping next year's cars will be a "lot more fun" to drive as Formula 1 embraces wider tyres, wings and more downforce. read more »

Pirelli plans intense analysis of whether the hybrid Formula 1 cars used in this week's initial tests of its 2017 tyres are providing the right levels of downforce read more »

Maurizio Arrivabene says Ferrari won't give up against Red Bull in the championship and feels a lack of downforce gains is hurting its progress read more »

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel has sampled Pirelli's 2017-sized tyres for the first time during a private test at Fiorano, run by the Italian company. Pirelli has begun a... read more »

We experienced issues with both mechanical grip and downforce, which unfortunately are not unknown to us. read more »

Arrivabene says Ferrari's downforce has barely improved since Spain read more »

Kimi Raikkonen qualified fifth for the German Grand Prix but feels Ferrari could profit with more downforce on their car to be quicker. read more »

Valtteri Bottas the double rear wing test at Silverstone provided Williams with more downforce to give better grip while cornering read more »

SILVERSTONE, Great Britain -- Kimi Raikkonen said the Ferrari's lack of downforce was the main reason it struggled at the British Grand Prix this weekend. Raikkonen... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen reckons Ferrari's lack of downforce compared to its rivals was exposed over the course of the British Grand Prix weekend. As Mercedes again… read more »

The need to run low downforce in Baku caused the tyre problems that wrecked the Red Bull Formula 1 team's European Grand Prix, reckons Christian Horner read more »

Pascal Wehrlein cannot wait to get going this weekend in Montreal around a track he feels should suit Manor Racing more due to its low downforce set up. read more »

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has unveiled their wider specification of rubber which it will use under revised regulations in 2017. Under next year's technical... read more »

McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne has revealed that Honda have added more downforce to their MP4-31 power unit from the car he drove at the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Out-of-the-box thinking for Willliams as they test high-downforce set up on day 1 of the in-season testing. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo hopes that Red Bull will be "close to the podium" at the Spanish Grand Prix, given the high downforce nature of the Barcelona circuit and its… read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr felt he made perhaps the best start of his Formula 1 career to date in Sochi, but was compromised early after debris got stuck in his sidepod, ruining his... read more »

Drivers unconvinced by plans to increase downforce for 2017 read more »

Pirelli is working on tyres that it hopes will provide faster lap times and better racing in 2017. Formula One is due for an overhaul of the regulations next year, which will... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo fears next year's regulation changes could make F1 "very dull" due to increased levels of downforce. Sweeping regulation changes are due to be... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has warned that changes to the regulations for 2017 will limit the amount of overtaking seen in races. F1 is targeting a 30% increase in downforce in... read more »

Adding downforce in 2017 the 'wrong decision' for F1 - Wolff read more »

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff reckons that the increase in downforce levels on the proposed 2017 cars is a "mistake" and will not lead to more exciting… read more »