Lewis Hamilton turned the tables on pre-event favourite Max Verstappen with a masterful drive at Sakhir on Sunday, with an aggressive strategy and strong tyre management just... read more »

Max Verstappen felt that Red Bull could have given themselves better flexibility for the race by using their tyre allocation better. read more »

A combination of an aggressive Mercedes strategy, pre-race tyre selections and some controversial track limit flashpoints resulted in Hamilton beating Verstappen by less than a... read more »

An aggressive strategy by the German car manufacturer, allied to some great tyre management and defensive driving from Lewis Hamilton, helped the world champion fend off Max... read more »

Tyre strategy was at the forefront of this exciting race, with Hamilton and Mercedes twice stopping earlier than Verstappen. read more »

Verstappen had closed in on Hamilton during his 17-lap third and final stint - during which he enjoyed an 11-lap tyre-life advantage over his rival - in what was a thrilling... read more »

A brave gamble on tyre strategy coupled with a masterclass in calm under pressure, sees Lewis Hamilton deny Max Verstappen a victory that seemed all but assured. read more »

Mercedes and Red Bull deployed differing tyre strategies, with Verstappen's offset rubber life advantage in the final stint meaning he was chasing Hamilton after leading... read more »

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton has won the opening race of the 2021 season in Bahrain, producing an eye-catching defence on Max Verstappen to take the victory. Both drivers... read more »

McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo has set his sights on getting past Pierre Gasly at the start of Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix after the AlphaTauri driver claimed a... read more »

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli expects a two-stop strategy to be favoured by teams at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The Sakhir circuit is rear-limited and has an... read more »

Sergio Perez has taken responsibility for his Q2 exit in qualifying for the season-opening Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Red Bull's Sergio Perez has defended the decision to complete his final Q2 lap on Medium tyres after his first attempt was deleted due to a track limit violation. Perez... read more »

Pierre had two strong runs on the soft tyre in Q3 and is starting in a good place tomorrow to pick up some great points. read more »

The Bahrain Grand Prix will be the four-hundredth Formula 1 race for tyre suppliers Pirelli. read more »

After a spate of tyre failures at last year's British Grand Prix, the FIA took a two-pronged approach to addressing the loads on tyres in 2021 by first mandating an... read more »

Lando Norris says he expects "the obvious four cars" to be at the front of the Bahrain Grand Prix grid, in spite of his eye-catching performance on Friday. Norris... read more »

Pirelii motorsport boss Mario Isola is confident there will be no repeat this season of the tyre failures that blighted the Italian manufacturer's Formula 1 campaign last... read more »

Williams regular Russell was drafted in by parent team Mercedes for the second race in Bahrain last December when a positive test for COVID-19 ruled out Lewis... read more »

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli reckons this year's cars are "probably as fast" as last season's iterations, in spite of revised regulations aimed at... read more »

Formula 1's tyre supplier Pirelli do not believe that the 2021 challengers will be any slower compared to 2020. read more »

F1 teams well know that mastering knowledge of tyres is key to unlocking performance from their cars in both qualifying and in races. It's why so much work is done in... read more »

Pre-season testing lasted just three days and leaves many with even more questions than before the test. The same is valid for Pirelli, as weather conditions have somewhat... read more »

Mario Isola feels that the tyres have performed relatively well in the 3 days of the shortened pre-season test, with none of the compounds having any issues bar a bit of... read more »

AlphaTauri rookie Yuki Tsunoda has revealed he has never experienced anything like the grip offered by Pirelli's softest tyre compound. read more »