McLaren thinks its failure to fight for victory in the European Grand Prix was purely down to its handling of tyres over the Valencia weekend. read more »

F1 is considering a ban on tyre-warming blankets, the German language publication Motorsport Magazin reports. Journalist Kerstin Hasenbichler reported from Valencia that the... read more »

Pastor Maldonado, 10th: It was an unlucky race for us as we were looking strong for a podium finish. We were struggling at the beginning of the race but at the end I passed... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen, 2nd: "Second place is okay but the win is what I really wanted. We didn't quite have the pace for it today. I got a good start but I was blocked by... read more »

Mark Webber, 4th: "I'm very happy with that, obviously it's been a tough weekend up until today, but you never know what's going to happen. In the middle of... read more »

Full details of each driver's tyre strategy during the Grand Prix of Europe. read more »

Pastor Maldonado has been given a drive-through penalty, which converts to a time penalty of 20 seconds, for his part in the incident with Lewis Hamilton on the penultimate lap... read more »

Sergio Perez, 9th: "It was a difficult race today. We risked quite a lot with our strategy and in the end the tyre degradation was huge. You can say two points are not a... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg, 5th: "A great result for everyone in the team today and for me personally. Fifth place is a great achievement after a very long and difficult race. The... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 12th: “The final result of the race is disappointing. I think I drove well and the team deserved better. Apart from my finish position, it was a... read more »

Michael Schumacher has spoken out against a potential ban on tyre warmers in Formula 1 read more »

Pastor did an excellent job with a very strong performance on the soft tyres to finish in third. Bruno was less happy with his tyre balance and finished 14th. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen is hoping the combination of his fifth place grid position and his Lotus's race pace will see him score a strong result at the European Grand Prix on Sunday read more »

The Williams team believes that tyre management proved again crucial during today's qualifying session. While Pastor Maldonado qualified 3rd with a great lap in Q3,... read more »

Pastor Maldonado will be avoiding Pirelli’s Soft compound for as long as possible in Valencia on Sunday as. Although the less durable tyre is the quicker one, his... read more »

Formula 1 teams are considering a ban on tyre warmers from as early as next year as part of a package of cost saving measures read more »

Michael Schumacher ended Friday’s second practice session in fourth position, despite suffering a number of large front lock-ups in Valencia. However, it is rear end... read more »

With Valtteri Bottas taking over for Bruno Senna during FP1, it was up to the young Finn and Pastor Maldonado to gather data and analyze the updates and tyre compounds present... read more »

Despite an early problem with the clutch for Michael Schumacher, the Mercedes squad had a very productive day as each driver nearly completed a race distance each. Yet they did... read more »

Long runs were the most effective for the Toro Rosso drivers, as they evaluated both tyre compouns throughout the day. But it was during short runs where the team felt they... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa’s running was severely curtailed as he crashed his HRT in Friday afternoon practice ahead of the European Grand Prix. As his left-front brake disc... read more »

From what we can see initially, the time difference between the two tyre compounds is in the region of 0.3-0.5s, and this only emphasises how close the times were in the first... read more »

Paul Hembery: “From what we can see initially, the time difference between the two tyre compounds is in the region of 0.3-0.5s, and this only emphasises how close the... read more »

We had a good day today and tested a number of new development items in addition to working on the car set-up and tyre management. read more »

Bruno Senna, 5th: It was a good day and we managed to fulfil our test programme. It would have been useful to have done a few more miles but we have still gathered a lot of... read more »