Felipe Massa said graining on the intermediate tyre during his first stint of the race ultimately ruined his chances of fighting for a podium at the Malaysian Grand Prix read more »

Red Bull's Helmut Marko claims that using tyres to produce excitement in F1 has gone too far if the best teams are being penalised by extreme wear. read more »

Red Bull only has itself to blame for the tyre degradation issues it is facing, says a defiant Lotus boss Eric Boullier, as the champion team lobbies for changes to the 2013... read more »

Mercedes boss Ross Brawn has defended his team's decision not to pit its drivers for a fresh set of intermediate tyres during today's qualifying session in Malaysia. read more »

Max Chilton has blamed significant tyre degradation as the main reason behind his struggles at the Sepang International Circuit so far this weekend, with the Marussia driver... read more »

Top teams Red Bull and Mercedes want Pirelli to rush last year’s tyres back into service. According to Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport, the two outfits are... read more »

We knew the balance of the car would be very different to Melbourne and we adjusted the car accordingly for Friday, but the difference in car balance and tyre behaviour was... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg wore similarly rueful expressions after the rain-affected end to qualifying in Malaysia, with both strongly hinting that Mercedes let pole... read more »

With the rain putting his team's ongoing tyre issue to one side, Sebastian Vettel takes pole at Sepang ahead of Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton and... read more »

Sebastian Vettel set the pace in the third and final practice session at Sepang on Saturday, producing a time of 1:36.435 on a late Medium tyre run. The Red Bull driver led... read more »

Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber are both worried that their victory chances in Malaysia could be derailed by an inability to look after the tyres read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne believes tyre management will be a “tricky” task in Sunday’s Malaysia Grand Prix if Friday Practice is anything to go read more »

Red Bull had a strong start to the Malaysian GP weekend but both drivers are aware there is close competition out there to beat them. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber noted... read more »

Both Toro Rosso drivers had a productive day at Malaysia with both men managing to drive numerous laps on the hard, medium and intermediate tyre. The team is aware that it... read more »

As Melbourne winner Kimi Raikkonen continues his top form in Malaysia, Lotus’ rivals are beginning to wonder if the team has an unfair advantage. At Sepang, arguably... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has conceded Red Bull will need to make a few changes overnight as they look to find the sweet spot and address some tyre wear issues ahead of Sunday's... read more »

Pirelli has played down the extent to which tyre degradation will dominate the sport this year read more »

As we saw in Australia, here again the key factor will be understanding tyre behaviour. Usually at this track, you need one more stop, but it's still too early to say. read more »

Pirelli Motorsport Director Paul Hembery says the the high levels of tyre degradation witnessed during Friday practice at Sepang were 'within our anticipated... read more »

Williams went into the Malaysian GP weekend hoping to find more pace in the FW35. The team targeted set-up work, tyre testing and longer runs, but at the end of the day... read more »

It was clear after the first session that rear tyre wear was pretty significant, however we effected some set-up changes over the break to deal with this and in FP2 the... read more »

Reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel says his Red Bull team needs to take a step forward after the opening two practice sessions in Malaysia, having struggled to get a... read more »

Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton say they focused on long run pace during practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix. Rosberg was fifth and seventh fastest in the... read more »

A tyre delamination during second practice meant that Marussia’s Max Chilton couldn’t get a run on the option tyres. Chilton was twenty-second quickest... read more »

Sebastian Vettel admitted he wasn't sure if Red Bull might suffer a repeat of its tyre issues from Melbourne after practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix read more »