The Circuit de Catalunya proves to be a conservation area as Fernando Alonso's three stop strategy trumps Kimi Raikkonen's four stopper as tyres top the agenda yet again. read more »

Mark Webber said he could not keep his rear tyres in shape for the final sector of his qualifying lap at the Spanish Grand Prix after he struggled to the eighth fastest time in Q3 read more »

Red Bull Racing drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber qualified in 3rd and 8th positions respectively. With Webber not pointing to the car for the lack of speed in Q3, both... read more »

Whilst Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were both thrilled to lock-out the front row of the Spanish Grand Prix grid on Saturday, they know winning the race on Sunday is an... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is hoping Red Bull's decision to save three sets of fresh hard tyres for the race will pay off after lining up third on the grid in qualifying read more »

Jenson Button believes incorrect tyre pressures played a role in his elimination from the second phase of qualifying at the Circuit de Catalunya, with the McLaren driver... read more »

According to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner biggest obstacle in this year's Formula 1 championship fight are Pirelli's tyres. According to the Briton they... read more »

Pirelli are open to altering their tyres after Paul di Resta suffered a failure in the latter stages of Friday's practice in Spain... read more »

Sergio Perez says it is "a big concern" for all the drivers that Pirelli's tyres keep delaminating after another issue in practice for the Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Kimi Raikkonen believes Lotus is in the hunt after practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. Raikkonen was fourth quickest in second practice, with his Lotus E21 also demonstrating... read more »

Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes has made progress and is "there or thereabouts" ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, but says tyre preservation will be "a big... read more »

Pirelli is happy with its tyre choice so far, as the fastest runner today on medium tyres was half a second quicker than last year's best time on Friday on the softs.... read more »

Mark Webber had few complaints about his running at Barcelona on Friday other than the "less enjoyable" part of putting miles on old tyres... read more »

Fernando Alonso set the quickest lap on Friday morning in Spain in front of his home crowd, just ahead of team-mate Felipe Massa. The damp weather made things difficult for the... read more »

Fernando Alonso set the fastest time during a first practice session affected by wet weather. His team-mate, Felipe Massa, was second, with Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric... read more »

Ferrari duo top the timesheets in Barcelona as typical European weather means drivers get just twenty minutes of running on dry tyres. read more »

World champion Sebastian Vettel insists that Pirelli's latest compound will be the only thing he concentrates on early in the Spanish GP... read more »

Mark Webber is confident he remains in the fight for the title, but only if he can deliver a clean race weekend and some good results in the next few races. The Australian has... read more »

Formula 1 teams will be handed an extra set of tyres for the first 30 minutes of practice from the start of next year - but plans to limit them only to rookie drivers have been... read more »

Felipe Massa has admitted he was one of the voices behind the push for Pirelli to change the hard compound tyre. This weekend will see the new hard compound tyres debut after... read more »

Christian Horner reckons Red Bull's biggest challenge this weekend will be understanding Pirelli's tyres, including the new hard compound... read more »

Pirelli will supply Formula 1 teams with extra tyres for practice sessions at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

Plans to encourage Formula One teams to run rookie drivers during free practice in exhchange for an extra set of tyres have been dropped, with all outifts due to receive an... read more »

F1 veteran Jean Alesi insists that little can be judged about this year's F1 tyres until they run on a 'benchmark' circuit.     read more »

Pirelli will bring an additional set of tyres to the Spanish Grand Prix for use during first practice only, to ensure teams make the most of the session. A change in the... read more »