Heading into the Chinese Grand Prix, Sauber looked set for another competitive race as Kamui Kobayashi lined up 3rd on the grid, his best qualifying position to date. However,... read more »

We're expecting the difference between the soft and the medium tyre to be in the region of 0.6 seconds per lap, and we would anticipate between two and three pit stops per... 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 has revealed which Slick tyre compounds will be taken to the Bahrain, Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix. There will be a Soft and Medium choice for Sakhir, whereas... read more »

The top two finishers adopted a completely different tyre strategy, with Alonso on the medium tyre and Perez on the hard tyre in the final stint. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says his decision to qualify on hard tyres at the Malaysian Grand Prix was not part of a wider strategy but due to his struggles on the medium compound read more »

As always on a Friday, the main priority was to try and get a good understanding of the tyres, which we managed to do with both the medium and hard compounds. read more »

In Australia this weekend, the medium tyre has been nominated together with soft - the difference between them is expected to be in the region of six-tenths of a second per lap. read more »

For the first time this year, the Formula One teams tried out the full range of Pirelli’s 2012 slick tyres, with the P Zero Silver hard, P Zero White medium, P Zero Yellow soft... read more »

For the start of the 2012 Formula One World Championship season, Pirelli has nominated its slick P Zero compounds for the first three races in Australia, Malaysia and China.... read more »

Pirelli will combine its new soft and medium compound tyres at the first race of the season in Australia read more »

Pirelli supplied 1176 tyres for the first Formula One test of the 2012 season, held at the Jerez circuit in the south of Spain over four days. A total of 3380 laps were covered... read more »

Michael Schumacher topped the timing screens after the second day of winter testing in Jerez, Mark Webber was the quickest of the new 2012 cars. Mercedes have decided not to... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says that topping the first day of pre-season testing means less to him than the 'positive' first sensations he received from the new Lotus E20 and... read more »

Twenty two points for Scuderia Ferrari in the final race of the season, through a fourth place for Fernando Alonso and a fifth for Felipe Massa. Both drivers ran different... read more »

Jenson Button said that McLaren's decision to switch him onto medium tyres midway through the Brazilian Grand Prix was instrumental in his podium finish read more »

"We are struggling on the medium compound as shown by both Bruno and Vitaly going around 1.5 to 2 seconds quicker on the soft tyre," admits Alan Permane. read more »

Felipe Massa has explained that he ‘really struggled’ for grip with the Medium tyre compound in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, with the Ferrari driver claiming that... read more »

Felipe Massa blamed his spin at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on a combination of the medium tyres and an old-spec front wing read more »

Felipe Massa blamed difficulties with the medium tyres, allied to weekend dramas with his front wing, for a troubled Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

Pirelli has confirmed that it will hand each team two sets of an experimental Soft compound to trial in practice for this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. In use for... read more »

Pirelli's medium and soft tyres should be well suited to the 21 corners and two straights that make up a lap of the Yas Marina circuit. read more »

Williams simulations of the Buddh circuit indicate a high downforce and medium braking severity track, which should also be reasonably hard on the tyres. read more »

Twenty four points in the bag for Scuderia Ferrari at the end of the Japanese Grand Prix, thanks to a second place for Fernando Alonso and a seventh with Felipe Massa. Both... read more »

Vitaly Petrov said it was a "challenge" to carry out a two stop strategy using medium tyres as he finished ninth in the Japanese Grand Prix read more »