Pastor Maldonado has expressed his gratitude to Williams, whose mechanics were forced to work quickly after the Venezuelan crashed in Sepang’s second practice session on Friday... read more »

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner thinks its time rivals McLaren get a grip on 'simple mathematics' and stop moaning about front wing flexing of the... read more »

Felipe Massa has said that Ferrari is further off the pace than it expected to be, and cited problems with grip as the main reason. read more »

It is widely known that Felipe Massa struggled to build up temperatures in Bridgestone’s tyres of last year. However, the Brazilian also experienced difficulties with the new... read more »

Vitaly Petrov has explained just how quickly the new-for-2011 Pirelli tyres lose grip whilst on the circuit, with the Italian rubber designed to degradate at a rapid rate in... read more »

Pastor Maldonado has echoed the sentiments of Pirelli Motorsport Director Paul Hembery by stating that the rate of grip loss with this year’s new tyres is equal throughout... read more »

McLaren Engineering Director Tim Goss has explained the reasoning behind the team’s U-shaped sidepods present on its MP4-26, with better-quality air flow the target in 2011.... read more »

McLaren engineering director Paddy Lowe is confident that the FIA will get a full grip of the moveable rear wing rules in 2011 to ensure the concept works well for the sport. read more »

Despite failing to shine in F1 2010 as he struggled to get a grip on Bridgestone's tyres, Ferrari's Felipe Massa insists he is not under any extra pressure to produce... read more »

Nico Rosberg fears the new Pirelli tyres will not help Mercedes GP with their lack of front-end grip - in fact, "it's worse"... read more »

Nico Rosberg doubts the new Pirelli tyres will do anything to ease the difficulties Mercedes suffered with front-tyre grip on the 2010 Bridgestones, after the Formula 1 teams... read more »

Formula 2 champion Dean Stoneman said the level of aerodynamic grip offered by a Formula 1 car was the most significant step up after completing his maiden F1 test with... read more »

Robert Kubica blamed a general lack of grip on his Renault after failing to make the top ten in qualifying for the first time in 22 races read more »

On a dusty and sometimes damp circuit drivers struggled for grip throughout the first day's running in Abu Dhabi, with many complaining of problems as the tyres began to... read more »

Lotus Racing are now back in the middle-east for the last race of the 2010 season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The team is in buoyant mood after another solid performance in Sao... read more »

A frustrated Felipe Massa is left ruing grip and tyre temperature woes post-qualifying at Interlagos - but promises to put on a show for the partisan Brazilian public come race... read more »

Unsettled weather and changeable track conditions conspired to produce a frustrating qualifying session for the Force India F1 Team in Brazil today. Tonio Liuzzi made the grade... read more »

Jaime Alguersuari was a chief sufferer of grip issues in Brazil on Friday, with the Spanish Toro Rosso driver having endured tyre graining, understeer and oversheet across the... read more »

Robert Kubica is preparing for a difficult weekend ahead at the Brazilian GP, as the weather can be wild and with it comes the possibility of poor grip in the wet. Although as... read more »

Jenson Button complained of a lack of front end grip for his disappointing 12th place finish in the Korean Grand Prix that almost certainly rules him out of the title race read more »

It has been confirmed by FIA Race Stewards that both Force India’s Adrian Sutil and Toro Rosso’s Sébastien Buemi will take grip drops of five places to the next Grand Prix... read more »

Robert Kubica will start from the wrong side of the Korean Grand Prix grid, in comparison to where he hoped to be, after encountering a distinct lack of rear end grip in his... read more »

The Force India F1 Team broke new ground today as it completed its first-ever laps of the all new Yeongam circuit in South Korea as the first day of practice got underway. With... read more »

Sebastian Vettel admitted it had been 'good fun' to drive on the new Korean International Circuit on Friday due to the challenge of searching for grip on a slippery... read more »

After some very careful familiarisation laps in the morning, the brand new tarmac of the Korean International Circuit in Mokpo started to develop some grip, and both free... read more »