We've seen the majority of long runs on the medium tyre, which the teams probably consider to be a strong race tyre along with the hard, which showed plenty of consistency. read more »

Pirelli Motorsport Director, Mario Isola, is excited to see how the tyres perform at the fast street circuit, with the venue being completely different to Bahrain. read more »

The Bahrain Grand Prix saw Pirelli's 18-inch tyres make their racing debut, the tyre manufacturer's Motorsport Director Mario Isola believes they were a success! read more »

Ross Brawn has described the F1 season-opener as "a credit to Pirelli" after the Bahrain Grand Prix served up some thrilling action. read more »

The nominated compounds are the same as 2021, but their make-up has changed entirely from last year. As a result, the teams will have a lot of work to do to assimilate as much... read more »

We are satisfied with how the tyres performed. The soft and medium compounds were key here, while the hard represented an alternative and more consistent choice. read more »

Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc claimed the first pole of the season at the Bahrain Grand Prix when the revolutionary new F1 cars sporting brand-new 18-inch... read more »

Ride onboard with the Ferrari driver as he takes pole for the first race of the 2022 season. For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®:... read more »

We're expecting slightly warmer conditions compared to today and two pit stops; but there may be scope for some drivers to do something different. read more »

Mario Isola says the gaps in performance between Pirelli's tyre compounds is bigger than they were anticipating going into the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend. read more »

Lap times so far look impressive, with the cars only around 1.2 seconds off the equivalent times from the same session last season, when they had a compound that was one step... read more »

In the first competitive session of the new season, the French racer completed a qualifying simulation with 12 minutes of the hour remaining to the head the timing screens.Shod... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has criticised Pirelli for supplying tyres that are "worse this year" ahead of the F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

The 2022 FIA Formula 1 World Championship kicks-off this weekend with the Bahrain Grand Prix, Pirelli's first chance to use the new 18-inch tyres across a Grand Prix. read more »

It's hard to predict the race strategy as, in the past, Bahrain has been a multi-stop race, but it will be interesting to see if anyone will try something different this year. read more »

Admitting that it is difficult to evaluate the performance gaps between the compounds, Pirelli's Mario Isola believes them to be higher than originally thought. read more »

Gaps of about 0.5 seconds were expected, but it turns out they are bigger. read more »

As the Official Pre-Season Test came to a close, Pirelli have noted that the gap between the different tyre compounds has been higher than initially predicted. read more »

World Champion Max Verstappen set the fastest time as Formula 1's second pre-season test came to a close in Bahrain on Saturday. Verstappen moved to the front of the... read more »

Perez used Pirelli's soft C4 tyres to set a 1m33.105s lap, comfortably holding top position until the lunchtime interval.Alfa Romeo's rookie Guanyu Zhou was second on... read more »

Sainz took over the lead from Alpine's Esteban Ocon, who had been fastest in the morning session, with some 90 minutes to go in the session. The Spaniard first set a... read more »

Isola said that a stronger rear tyre encourages understeer, and admitted that it's easier to lock the fronts than it was last year.He agreed that the 2022 cars are... read more »

AlphaTauri racer Gasly had used the cooler conditions as dusk arrived over the Sakhir circuit late into the four-hour afternoon session to bolt to the top of the timing... read more »

Pirelli have confirmed the tyre compounds for the Bahrain, Saudi Arabian and Australian GPs. read more »

Pirelli has revealed the tyre compounds it will bring to the Bahrain, Saudi Arabian and Australian Grand Prix in 2022. read more »