Bottas topped both practice sessions on Friday for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and said he felt "a lot happier" with the Mercedes W12 car than he did at the opening... read more »

Sir Lewis Hamilton said he tested Pirelli's 18-inch tyres at Imola because he plans to be here to race with them in 2022. read more »

Title or no title, Lewis Hamilton says he intends to be on the grid again in 2022, indeed, that is why he took part in the recent 18" tyre test for Pirelli. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he was keen to help Pirelli with the development of its 2022-spec tyres, in the wake of his participation in last week's test, hinting he will extend... read more »

Grands Prix where drivers qualify by means of Sprint Qualifying will no longer involve drivers having to start on the tyres on which they post their best times in Q2, instead... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has said tyre warm-up when driving the Mercedes W12 is now an issue in cooler temperatures and not just in warmer conditions. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has suggested Mercedes' attempts to rectify a longstanding weakness of overheating tyres in hot conditions has now left the team vulnerable when... read more »

Andreas Seidl says he was not confident about the decision to put Lando Norris on soft tyres for the restart at Imola. read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas concluded Pirelli's two-day Formula 1 test on its 2022 prototype tyres at Imola on Wednesday. Pirelli and Mercedes stayed on after... read more »

Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has claimed the team must assist driver Valtteri Bottas to get on top of the tyre warm-up issues that destroyed his... read more »

The likes of Daniel Ricciardo and Valtteri Bottas lagged behind their team-mates in Imola, and Ross Brawn blames tyre temperatures. read more »

Pierre Gasly finished seventh in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix despite opting to start on the full-wet tyre, a decision that was quickly proven to be the incorrect choice. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has tested Pirelli's 18-inch tyre compounds that will be used in the 2022 F1 season. read more »

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl has revealed to being far from confident the gamble to put both Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo on soft tyres for the red-flag restart at... read more »

Pierre Gasly says he and the AlphaTauri team were in agreement about the decision to start on full wet tyres at Imola - which proved to be a bad call. read more »

Lando Norris said it was a race of "right decisions" from himself and McLaren as he crossed the line P3 in Imola. read more »

Max Verstappen has joked his oversteer moment following the red flag period in the Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was a "secret tyre warming" tactic as it nearly... read more »

After losing out to Red Bull in the fight for pole at the Bahrain Grand Prix three weeks ago, Mercedes struck back at Imola as Lewis Hamilton topped qualifying on Saturday.But... read more »

Formula One's sole tyre supplier Pirelli expects most of the drivers to cover the race distance of today's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix with a single stop. read more »

Teams and drivers were welcomed by cooler temperatures than those they experienced at the end of last year, but tyres performed quite consistent according to the Milan-based... read more »

Aston Martin team boss Otmar Szafnauer says he wants discuss the situation over 2021's aerodynamic regulations with the FIA amid his squad's apparent loss of... read more »

Valtteri Bottas again headed a Mercedes 1-2 as Max Verstappen's preparations for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix were dealt a blow during second practice. Bottas set the... read more »

Sergio Perez has backed Red Bull to keep making bold tyre choices in qualifying - even though he was caught out in Bahrain. read more »

In recent seasons, Red Bull has selected contra-tyre strategy approaches in the middle phase of qualifying to try and gain an upper hand in race strategy versus Mercedes during... read more »

Pirelli have confirmed their C2, C3 and C4 compounds will be raced at Imola this weekend – the same selection as the season’s curtain-raiser in Bahrain. Due to Imola’s narrow... read more »