The opening day of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix did not deliver big surprises in terms of tyre behaviour, but drivers needed to find a way to get around the graining on the... read more »

We've seen the majority of long runs on the medium tyre, which the teams probably consider to be a strong race tyre along with the hard, which showed plenty of consistency. read more »

The Bahrain Grand Prix victor did not take part in the final 15 minutes of the second hour-long session after he damaged the front-left track rod on his F1-75 challenger.He... read more »

Charles Leclerc remained on top during second practice for Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix before both he and Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz hit the wall. Title... read more »

The Bahrain Grand Prix saw Pirelli's 18-inch tyres make their racing debut, the tyre manufacturer's Motorsport Director Mario Isola believes they were a success! read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr qualified third, with Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell finishing down in fifth and ninth.After the first runs in Q3 it was Sainz who led the... read more »

Mario Isola says the gaps in performance between Pirelli's tyre compounds is bigger than they were anticipating going into the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend. read more »

Gaps of about 0.5 seconds were expected, but it turns out they are bigger. read more »

As the Official Pre-Season Test came to a close, Pirelli have noted that the gap between the different tyre compounds has been higher than initially predicted. read more »

The F1-75 has been consistently fast in all conditions over the six days of testing in Barcelona and Sakhir, although Red Bull clearly made a significant step with the new aero... read more »

Isola said that a stronger rear tyre encourages understeer, and admitted that it's easier to lock the fronts than it was last year.He agreed that the 2022 cars are... read more »

Esteban Ocon remained atop the timing sheets after lunch for Alpine, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc narrowly behind by just 0.090s. Williams look unlikely to return to action... read more »

AlphaTauri racer Gasly had used the cooler conditions as dusk arrived over the Sakhir circuit late into the four-hour afternoon session to bolt to the top of the timing... read more »

Pirelli have confirmed the tyre compounds for the Bahrain, Saudi Arabian and Australian GPs. read more »

Pirelli has revealed the tyre compounds it will bring to the Bahrain, Saudi Arabian and Australian Grand Prix in 2022. read more »

Australian Grand Prix to feature step jump as Pirelli skips C4 compound on F1's return to a significantly upgraded Albert Park for the first time since 2019. read more »

Pirelli has announced the tyres that it will bring to the opening three races of the 2022 Formula 1 season, which includes a skip of the C4 compound for Australia. Melbourne... read more »

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz believes the performance gap between Pirelli's five compounds is wider than ever this season. read more »

During the lunch break on F1's final day of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the circuit will be sprayed with water to replicate full wet conditions, with... read more »

Norris used the soft C4 tyre in Wednesday's afternoon session to lead the way with a 1m19.568s lap, over half a second quicker than Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.But the... read more »

The Briton's late improvements on the C4 soft tyre meant he jumped ahead of Wednesday morning pacesetter Charles Leclerc, to lead the day with a best time of 1m19.568s,... read more »

Barcelona's pre-season action this week will end with a wet tyre session on Friday afternoon. read more »

Formula 1 teams will test Pirelli's wet weather tyres on the final half-day of this week's test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. read more »

The Q2 tyre rule, whereby the top ten drivers had to start the race on the tyres they used to post their fastest lap in Q2, has been scrapped. read more »

Team officials have discussed the removal of the rule for a number of years, which had been in place since 2014 and required all drivers who reached Q3 to start the race on... read more »