Mercedes always planned on a two-stop strategy in Austin after Hamilton's early pit stop, but was caught out by the graining on the Soft compound tyres. read more »

Valtteri Bottas felt there was more time to be found had he managed to get his tyres into the correct window at the start of his final Q3 lap. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen feels he has nothing to lose and everything to gain starting on the ultrasoft tyres for the United States Grand Prix read more »

Pirelli has confirmed the colour scheme that will accompany its simplification of the names of its Formula One tyres in 2019. read more »

Pirelli has revealed the simplified colour coding for its tyres for the 2019 F1 season. read more »

Pirelli confirms plans to simplify its tyre coding system for 2019 with hard, medium and soft tyres being defined at each race. read more »

Pirelli has revealed its range of 2019 Formula 1 tyres and confirmed the three colours that will be used at each race next season read more »

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Max Verstappen feels F1's wet tyre rules mean wet practice sessions are 'a bit useless' due to prioritising fresh tyres for qualifying and the race read more »

Changes to the track, DRS locations, tyre choices, power unit requirements and stats for this year's Pirelli United States Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has called for changes to Pirelli's tyres, saying at some tracks drivers have had to "cruise round" rather than race. read more »

Drivers load up on Hypersoft tyres for Mexico Grand Prix read more »

Formula 1 drivers have loaded up on hypersoft tyres for next weekend's Mexican Grand Prix, with title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel making identical choices read more »

Pirelli's Mario Isola talks tyres ahead of the United States Grand Prix - a race that could see a number of different strategies on offer. read more »

F1 race director Charlie Whiting has backed McLaren's claims that they weren't late to nominate their tyres for the Japanese GP despite reports to the contrary. read more »

Marcus Ericsson has blamed cold tyres for rear-ending Charles Leclerc during Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo hailed Red Bull's pace on the soft tyres, allowing him to finish fourth after a disastrous qualifying session saw him start in fifteenth. read more »

Maurizio Arrivabene saw Kimi Räikkönen and Sebastian Vettel qualify fourth and ninth in Japan after decisions from the pit wall saw them both go into Q3 initially on... read more »

The Frenchman gambled on getting through Q2 by just using the soft Pirelli tyres, a move that paid off handsomely as he went on to qualify an excellent fifth. read more »

Romain Grosjean admits he came "very close" to following Ferrari in going out with intermediate tyres in the final segment of Formula 1 qualifying for the Japanese... read more »

Scuderia Ferrari's qualifying gamble to start the session on Intermediate tyres proved to be costly for title contender Sebastian Vettel as he ended the session ninth, but... read more »

McLaren says it simply made the wrong call with its tyre selection at the Japanese Grand Prix after its allocation left its drivers with no real practice time on the super-soft... read more »

Rain arrived at Suzuka to interrupt the usual proceedings in third practice, but as soon as the track dried up, it was Lewis Hamilton again who was fastest on the super soft... read more »

Although this year's championship saw the introduction of the hypersoft tyre, Lewis Hamilton has urged Pirelli to go "three steps softer" in 2019. read more »

Lewis Hamilton calls on Pirelli to produce tyres "three or four steps" softer for its 2019 compound range. read more »