Mercedes avoided Pirelli's new hypersoft tyre in Formula 1 testing because it will just be a compound to "survive" on this season, according to team principal... read more »

Sebastian Vettel questions "the strategies and ultimately the results" of both Mercedes and Red Bull running race simulations on the same Pirelli tyre compounds. 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 »

Lewis Hamilton picks the most aggressive Pirelli tyre options of his rivals for the 2018 F1 opener in Australia. read more »

While Mercedes, in particular, have gone aggressive for the opening race of the season, taking nine sets of the ultrasoft tyres, Ferrari and Renault are only taking seven. read more »

Tyre selections from each team have been revealed by Pirelli as we close in on the season opener in Melbourne on March 25. read more »

Tyre selections for Australian Grand Prix revealed read more »

After a final afternoon of tyre testing in Spain, Valtteri Bottas is ready to head to Australia to find out just where Mercedes are in relation to their rivals. read more »

A hugely upbeat Mercedes team says the only doubt it has about its new Formula 1 car is how well it can perform on Pirelli's softer tyres read more »

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has revealed the estimated laptime differences between the new 2018 compounds in pre-season testing at Barcelona read more »

In revealing the tyre compounds for Spain and Canada, Pirelli confirms that its hypersofts will make their debut at the Montreal event. read more »

Pirelli has announced its new hypersoft Formula 1 tyre will feature at the Canadian Grand Prix, the first officially confirmed appearance of the softest tyre in its revised range read more »

Pirelli will take its new Hypersoft compound tyre to the Canadian Grand Prix in June following further testing through F1 pre-season in Barcelona. read more »

Drivers struggle to work with their Pirelli tyres through Tuesday's F1 test running in Barcelona due to a mix of low temperatures and fresh tarmac. read more »

Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have both reported "challenges" with the tyres after they completed another half day of running each in Barcelona. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have reported challenges getting Pirelli’s new F1 tyres to work at Circuit de Catalunya with the Mercedes W09. read more »

Pirelli has unveiled their testing schedule for the upcoming year, with each team getting the chance to provide input on 2019's tyres read more »

Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Chief Strategist James Vowles believes strategy will be important next year, as new tyre compounds lead to an increase in overtaking read more »

Pirelli has released details of this year's test programme relating to its 2019 tyre compounds. read more »

Pirelli has finalised its Formula 1 tyre testing programme for the coming season, with all 10 teams contributing to the development of its 2019 slicks read more »

Pirelli's development plans for the 2019 tyres are firmly in place but Interlagos has been dropped from the schedule following last year's safety concerns. read more »

Pirelli confirms all 10 F1 teams will take part in its tyre testing programme once again through the 2018 season, starting after the Chinese Grand Prix in April. read more »

Pirelli confirms full 2018 F1 tyre test schedule read more »

Following resurfacing work at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, teams may find they may not get a true idea on how Pirelli's updated range of tyre compounds will work... read more »

Resurfacing work at Formula 1 winter testing venue Barcelona is set to further complicate teams' efforts to understand Pirelli's new 2018 tyre range read more »