Toro Rosso had a straightforward race at the Brazilian GP, but simply were not competitive enough to have a chance for points. Both Alguersuari and Buemi found it a difficult... read more »

Jaime Alguersuari, 11th: “This was a difficult race right from the start, with low grip in the first stint on the softer tyre, especially in read more »

Jenson Button said that McLaren's decision to switch him onto medium tyres midway through the Brazilian Grand Prix was instrumental in his podium finish read more »

In front of a home crowd, Rubens Barrichello delivered one of the strongest qualifying laps of his season at Interlagos today. Making it through Q1, Rubens set his fastest lap... read more »

Nico Rosberg said he was unable to match his time from the second part of qualifying at Interlagos because he didn't get his tyres up to temperature in Q3 read more »

Lewis Hamilton tops the times on day one at Interlagos but McLaren team-mate Jenson Button faces issues with Pirelli's option tyre read more »

Adrian Sutil, 9th: "It was quite a good afternoon session. I concentrated on evaluating the different tyre compounds and getting a good balance with the read more »

"We are struggling on the medium compound as shown by both Bruno and Vitaly going around 1.5 to 2 seconds quicker on the soft tyre," admits Alan Permane. read more »

"Nico, Paul and Adrian ran a variety of tests, mostly looking at set-up," says Dominic Harlow. "We also had a chance to try a development Pirelli tyre, which was... read more »

"Jenson wasn't quite able to extract the full potential from the option tyre," admits Martin Whitmarsh. "But we're confident that we can make the... read more »

Jenson Button admitted he struggled to get any speed out of the softer Pirelli tyre in Brazilian Grand Prix practice - but is generally confident in his McLaren's pace... read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: We completed a full day's programme in preparation for both qualifying and the race, testing the three different tyre compounds read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 1st: “The car felt really good today– on both high and low fuel. And degradation on the new Option tyre seems pretty acceptable; I read more »

Timo Glock was left to rue consistent tyre issues throughout practice for this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix, describing the behaviour of the Pirelli rubber on offer... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he takes heart from the fact that the tyre failure that pitched him out of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was not his fault - even though Red Bull Racing... read more »

Nov.24 (GMM) Ferrari will be happy with the move towards even softer tyre compounds for 2012, Pirelli's F1 chief Paul Hembery has admitted. The famous Italian team has... read more »

Pirelli's 2012-specification soft compound will make its racing debut at the Brazilian GP, while their new hard tyre will be used during practice... read more »

Pirelli to provide teams with a new compound soft tyre for the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix read more »

Pirelli will be supplying the teams with 2012-specification soft tyres for the Brazilian Grand Prix, while they will also test a hard tyre during Friday practice read more »

Pirelli will give a new compound soft tyre its racing debut in Brazil after a successful trial in Nurburgring free practice and last week's young driver test in Abu Dhabi read more »

As Pirelli concentrates on the future, two new tyre compounds will be making their debut this weekend. read more »

Pirelli boss Paul Hembery says he is pleased with the performance of the 2012 tyres trialled in Abu Dhabi read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne completed the final day of the Young Driver Test at the Yas Marina Circuit for Red Bull Racing today and again set the fastest time aboard an RB7. The team’s... read more »

Sahara Force India continued testing in Abu Dhabi today as Johnny Cecotto Jr got behind the wheel of the VJM04 for his first experience of a Formula One car. The 22-year-old... read more »

Just like on the first day of testing, Valterri Bottas was behind the wheel of the Williams FW33. The team ran an extensive tyre program for Pirelli, aiming at gathering... read more »