Kimi Raikkonen says his mistake at the start of Q3 in Formula 1 qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix led to his gamble with soft tyres read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas were the fastest men in P3 at Barcelona. Though competition was close, both Mercedes proved to be quick on the soft and super soft tyres.... read more »

Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli introduced a new version of its slick tyres for the Spanish Grand Prix after Mercedes struggled with overheating during winter testing.... read more »

The tyres all have a tread that is 0.4 millimetres thinner than before to avoid overheating and blistering here, and so far, we have seen that this has worked. read more »

Max Verstappen is happy with Red Bull's practice pace in Spain, but admits he struggled with Pirelli's modified tyres through FP1 and FP2. read more »

Sebastian Vettel finds Pirelli's reduced tread tyres the biggest challenge on Friday practice in Spain as the times point to a three-way fight at the front of the pack. read more »

Pirelli have chosen the new hard tyres for the first time this season at the British Grand Prix. read more »

Pirelli's hard - the 2018 equivalent of the 2017 soft - will make its 2018 season debut at the British Grand Prix. read more »

Formula 1 world champion Mercedes finally turned its W09 into a winner in Baku, but knows it needs to understand its car better to extract more performance from the tyres read more »

Pirelli has unveiled Formula 1 teams' tyres selections for the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix, with Williams on a vastly more aggressive strategy than any of the other outfits read more »

Vandoorne used the late safety car period to pit for hot tyres, and this saved what would have been a weekend to forget read more »

The main challenge is to get the rear and the front tyres working in balance with each other. read more »

Pirelli expects more 'inventive' Baku strategies with softer tyres read more »

Brendon Hartley's LMP1 experience with Porsche has given Toro Rosso and Honda fresh ideas on how to conserve fuel, tyres and energy in 2018. read more »

Pirelli will offer the ultra-soft, super-soft and soft tyres at this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix. read more »

Compared to last year, the selection of tyres that Pirelli brings to Baku are two steps softer. read more »

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles insists it is not the only F1 team struggling to get the best out of Pirelli's 2018 tyres.  read more »

Toto Wolff says Mercedes is currently "not in a good place" in managing its F1 tyres, having ranged between overheating and freezing its compounds through the Chinese... read more »

Mercedes says it conducted its fastest pitstop under the current Formula 1 regulations in the Chinese Grand Prix, changing Valtteri Bottas's tyres in just 1.83 seconds read more »

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles says the squad is not the only Formula 1 team struggling to find a sweet spot with Pirelli's tyres in all conditions read more »

Running through the major storylines from the 2018 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix. Talking tyres, undercuts, and tough strategy decisions… Don't forget to subscribe to our... read more »

Sebastian Vettel admits he had "no intention to resist" Max Verstappen's attack on fresher tyres but has played down their clash in the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

It looked to be Ferrari versus Mercedes but a gamble a second time for fresh tyres behind a Safety Car meant Daniel Ricciardo came through to snatch the Chinese GP win. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo can celebrate a brilliant victory that he made possible thanks to several decisive overtakes after a safety car period 20 laps from the end. Valtteri Bottas... read more »

The Spaniard will start ninth on Sunday despite only having one new set of tyres for Q3 after yellow flags cost him a set in Q1. read more »