Carlos Sainz Jr. says Toro Rosso's engineers thought he was "crazy" when he opted to start the Chinese Grand Prix on the Super Soft tyres. Pre-race rain had… read more »

Although Sebastian Vettel's decision to swap to dry tyres under the VSC did not pay off, the Ferrari driver insists it was a risk that he was "happy" to take. read more »

Lewis Hamilton won an absorbing Chinese Grand Prix which started in the wet and ended in the dry,with Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen rounding off the podium places. The... read more »

Chinese Grand Prix pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton says he is excited by the prospect of a wet race on Sunday, despite having limited experience running on Pirelli's new... read more »

Having run their new intermediate tyres for the first time at a race weekend in Shanghai, Pirelli have declared that they are significantly quicker. read more »

ESPN rounds up all the reaction from up and down the Shanghai paddock following Friday practice for the 2017 Chinese Grand Prix. Mercedes Lewis Hamilton: "Obviously not a... read more »

Tomorrow's practice session will be crucial to get an understanding of the tyres and prepare for qualifying. read more »

Missing Friday means we go into qualifying and the race not knowing as much about the tyres as we'd like. read more »

With Pirelli's new, wider tyres set for their first wet race on Sunday, Max Verstappen says he has confidence in the wet and intermediate compounds. read more »

Today was the GP debut for our 2017-specification wet and intermediate tyres... it wasn't particularly significant due to the lack of running. read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes testing the prototype 2017 Formula 1 tyres with modified cars last year would have been a 'waste of time' because of the differences to this... read more »

Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe thinks the Chinese Grand Prix will give a "truer measure" of 2017's pecking order. The Australian Grand Prix marked... read more »

Max Verstappen believes it is wrong to expect a five-second drop in lap times at every race in 2017 and says some may even be slower than last year. Formula One introduced... read more »

F1 has entered a new era in 2017, with overhauled aerodynamics and much wider Pirelli tyres. GPUpdate.net's technical analyst, Craig Scarborough, looks at five… read more »

The first Grand Prix to new regulations and with wider, more robust tyres brought about a complete change of approach in race strategy. With stronger tyres Melbourne is a... read more »

Fernando Alonso praised the new technical regulation of Formula One and stressed that Pirelli's new wider and much durable tyres allow the drivers to push very hard and... read more »

Ten years on from Kimi Raikkonen's victory at Albert Park, Scuderia Ferrari has returned to winning ways in Melbourne, in the first race of the season. Sebastian Vettel... read more »

Updated for the 2017 season, here's everything you need to know about F1 tyres. For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook:... read more »

Formula 1 grands prix will still not be "flat-out" racing in 2017 despite Pirelli shifting towards lower-degradation tyres, reckons Renault's Nico Hulkenberg read more »

Formula 1 teams face a challenge to match last year's rapid pitstop times with the wider 2017 tyres read more »

With bigger, heavier tyres, it is not just the drivers who need to improve their fitness in 2017, with the pit crew also under pressure during the pit stops! read more »

Formula One's tyre supplier Pirelli is expecting fewer pit stops this year, but says that will not necessarily result in duller races. This year's wider tyres have... read more »

Pirelli head into the new season confident they have done their homework with the new compounds of tyres after eight days of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. read more »

McLaren Honda driver Fernando Alonso says Formula 1's new breed of cars and lower-degradation tyres will mean drivers no longer have to race like 'small children' read more »

Pirelli head of car racing Mario Isola has been encouraged by the performance of the new cars with their wider tyres fitted for the 2017 season. read more »