Romain Grosjean admits he came "very close" to following Ferrari in going out with intermediate tyres in the final segment of Formula 1 qualifying for the Japanese... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has called on F1 tyre suppliers Pirelli to bring an end to "ridiculous" one-stop races by introducing much softer compounds in 2019.  read more »

McLaren says it simply made the wrong call with its tyre selection at the Japanese Grand Prix after its allocation left its drivers with no real practice time on the super-soft... read more »

Gil de Ferran says McLaren's Japanese Grand Prix tyre choice has proven to be wrong but denied a suggestion the Formula 1 team forgot to make a proper nomination. read more »

Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene labelled his team's tyre choice blunder in Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix qualifying "unacceptable", blasting a lack of... read more »

McLaren denies missing the selection deadline for its tyre submission at Suzuka despite struggling due to limited numbers of sets. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has revealed he agreed with the decision to start Q3 on intermediates before finishing a lowly P9 in Japan qualifying. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he is "not blaming anybody" at the Ferrari Formula 1 team for the failed tyre gamble in Japanese Grand Prix qualifying read more »

Sebastian Vettel has refused to criticise Ferrari for its tyre gamble in qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix, saying it had the potential to create a "miracle"... read more »

Lewis Hamilton will start from pole for the Japanese Grand Prix, immediately ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen. Tyre choice errors from Ferrari sees Sebastian Vettel... read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix, while title rival Sebastian Vettel ended up ninth after a failed intermediate tyre gamble read more »

Although this year's championship saw the introduction of the hypersoft tyre, Lewis Hamilton has urged Pirelli to go "three steps softer" in 2019. read more »

Lewis Hamilton wants Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli to move "three steps softer" with its 2019 selection in order to remove "ridiculous" one-stop races read more »

Formula 1 teams are facing higher than expected tyre wear at the Japanese Grand Prix as the result of rain from recent typhoons, which has changed the Suzuka track's roughness read more »

Changes to the Suzuka track, DRS locations, tyre choices and power unit requirements for this year's Honda Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

In front of the packed grandstands of the Sochi Autodrom Lewis Hamilton has won the Russian Grand Prix ahead of his team mate Valtteri Bottas, after Mercedes applied team... read more »

Alan Permane says the decision to stop both Carlos Sainz Jr. or Nico Hülkenberg taking to the track in Q2 on Saturday should enable them to make early gains thanks to their... read more »

The top four drivers on the grid for today's Russian Grand Prix have identical tyre allocation after the two opening days of the race weekend despite starting the weekend... read more »

Neither Carlos Sainz Jr. or Nico Hülkenberg ventured on track in Q2, safe in the knowledge they would be starting eleventh and twelfth on Sunday but with a free choice of... read more »

Strategy was clearly at the forefront of qualifying, so we're going to see an interesting situation tomorrow with the top four cars starting on the ultrasoft tyre. read more »

We are looking forward to fight in the midfield, especially against the cars that will have to start on the softest tyre. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull's progress from the back of the grid at the Russian Grand Prix will be solely decided by Pirelli's tyre degradation read more »

Formula 1 chiefs need to be aware of the "impossible" task Pirelli has faced over recent years when it comes to choosing who becomes the official supplier after 2019,... read more »

Romain Grosjean wants a change to the qualifying rules as he feels having to start on Q2 tyres is a "rubbish situation." read more »

Romain Grosjean says it is a "rubbish situation" that Formula 1 drivers qualifying in the top 10 have to start races on tyres that will only last a few laps read more »