We knew that tyre management would play a key role over the weekend and it was immeditaly clear this morning that degradation levels on both tyre compounds are going to be high. read more »

Balance problems, tyre degradation and another gearbox reliability issue frustrated Sauber's efforts during Friday's practice sessions in Malaysia. read more »

Romain Grosjean had his afternoon running in Malaysia limited by a cut tyre picked up during practice read more »

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has ended FP1 fastest in Malaysia ahead of reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel, with the heat causing high amounts of tyre wear up and down... read more »

Mercedes has faith that it can get on top of the tyre degradation issues that hampered its race performance in the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Sepang is one of the toughest tracks of the year for the tyres, because of the both the weather and track conditions. read more »

Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes might have to compromise its qualifying performance in Malaysia this weekend to avoid a repeat of the tyre problems it suffered in the Australian... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi believes that Sauber still has work to do to solve the tyre warm-up problems that blighted its qualifying performances last season. read more »

Tyre degradation will be the key feature of this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur. This is the view of Caterham F1 Technical Director Mark Smith, who is... read more »

The hardest and most durable tyre of Pirelli's F1 range, will make its debut at Sepang for a race that pushes tyres to the limits due to extremes of weather. read more »

Nico Rosberg believes his Mercedes team can quickly get on the top of the tyre degradation issues which hampered its chances in Australia. read more »

Despite attempting to downplay their tyre degradation rate during pre-season testing, Ross Brawn admits it was a problem in the Australian GP... read more »

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

Felipe Massa blamed his dismal performance at the Australian Grand Prix on a poor balance in his Ferrari, which resulted in excessive tyre degradation read more »

Nico Rosberg said Mercedes "weren't where we wanted to be" in the Australian Grand Prix due to tyre degradation issues read more »

Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn blamed tyre degradation for the disappointing end to the squad's Australian Grand Prix weekend read more »

Williams focused today on aerodynamic evaluation and on testing the different tyre compounds as much as possible. The team though saw its running cut short as the weather... read more »

Pirelli would have preferred to test with a 2011-specification car this year, Paul Hembery has admitted. After writing off the 2009 Toyota as too outdated, F1′s tyre... read more »

The life of a tyre at Albert Park becomes very different over the course of the weekend as the circuit rubbers in and gets progressively faster. read more »

Pirelli's aggressive choice of tyre compounds this year will open up the possibility of more varied strategies from teams, reckons Lotus trackside operations director Alan... read more »

Pirelli is now launching its second season since returning to Formula 1 at the start of 2011. At the end of last year, numerous insiders and fans alike began to worry that... read more »

In Australia this weekend, the medium tyre has been nominated together with soft - the difference between them is expected to be in the region of six-tenths of a second per lap. read more »

Formula 1 governing body the FIA has announced a series of regulation changes ahead of next weekend's season opening Australian Grand Prix, with tyre allocation, the... read more »

Pirelli, Formula One's official tyre supplier, has announced that it will use a Renault R30 chassis this year to test its tyres. The car replaces the three year old... read more »

Tyre manufacturer Pirelli will make use of the Renault R30 for their testing program this year... read more »