Chilly conditions and blustery winds make life difficult in Shanghai as Lewis Hamilton sets opening pace. read more »

Brendon Hartley tips the new Hypersoft tyre from Pirelli to help spice up qualifying through 2018 given its enormous levels of grip. read more »

Former McLaren and Ferrari driver Stefan Johansson believes that in order for Formula 1 to improve its racing, they need to change the tyres with better grip and low downforce... read more »

Max Verstappen is hoping to find a little more top-end speed plus grip to take his charge to Mercedes in Brazil. read more »

Lack of grip when it really mattered leaves popular Australian struggling. read more »

The Australian could only manage seventh on the grid for the Mexican Grand Prix after struggling with the grip levels on his RB13 throughout Saturday's Qualifying session. read more »

The Finn will start down in fifth position in Mexico after struggling to match team-mate Sebastian Vettel during Qualifying on Saturday. read more »

Low grip levels and tyre warm-up issues leave Daniel Ricciardo down in P7 on the grid in Mexico. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has no answers to why he was nearly one-second off Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen in qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix. The Australian struggled for pace... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has admitted he had a "pretty poor" qualifying in Mexico City and that his mistakes were because of a lack of grip. read more »

Haas continue to struggle with getting the best out of their tyres, and Romain Grosjean is unsure to how they will perform this weekend in Mexico. read more »

Brendon Hartley taken by surprise after getting his first taste of a 2017-spec F1 car in US GP practice on Friday. read more »

It was not that easy today actually. The grip on the circuit was really low for what we were expecting with lap times. read more »

Lewis Hamilton set a new lap record at Suzuka as the Mercedes driver strengthened his grip on the F1 title race by claiming a dominant pole position for Sunday's Japanese GP. read more »

Formula 1's fastest corners are up to 22mph faster this season, thanks to the increase in downforce and mechanical grip produced by the 2017 generation of cars read more »

"Either we didn’t make the tyres work or whatever it is, it was worst for grip." read more »

The Frenchman will start ninth at Spa-Francorchamps but felt he missed out on a better grid slot due to fading grip levels. read more »

Lance Stroll has said a lack of grip from his Williams led to his unexceptional free practice performance, a stark contrast to his podium two weeks prior in Baku. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has pinpointed a lack of tyre grip in comparison to his team-mate Lewis Hamilton for the disparity in Q3 times between the pair, with the Finn qualifying over... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen reiterates how crucial the tyres will be in Baku as the low grip surface creates headaches coming into qualifying. read more »

Having had more than its fair share of grip issues this season, Mercedes looks at the interaction between tyres and the track surface. read more »

The seventh round of the 2017 Formula One World Championship began with two practice sessions on Friday at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, as teams prepared for the... read more »

Raikkonen took a narrow pole position, being less than half a tenth faster than both Vettel and Bottas. Hamilton meanwhile could not get into Q2, struggling to find grip and... read more »

Well known for complaining about a lack of grip, Jenson Button had the opposite problem in FP2 in Monaco, saying there was more grip than he was used to. read more »

Lance Stroll's hopes of a maiden points' finish in the Spanish Grand Prix could be scuppered by his 18th place starting position. read more »