It's a tough race on tyres which tends to work to our advantage and we managed a great result from a very similar situation this time last year, so we're certainly... read more »

The key to managing the tyres here is going to be thermal degradation. With all the traction and braking events, this challenges the rear tyres in particular and that will be... read more »

Felipe Massa concedes he has taken a "gamble" in opting to start on the harder compound tyres for the Bahrain GP - a decision he admits was heavily influenced by the... read more »

We stuck to a plan we formulated before qualifying, using one set of the soft tyres in each of the sessions. Sebastian did a super job to qualify on the front row alongside... read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes Nico Rosberg's pole position lap was "unbeatable" after he could only manage second to the Mercedes driver on Saturday. Rosberg's... read more »

Felipe Massa bucked the norm in Bahrain on Saturday as the Brazilian opted to qualify on the hard tyres despite his rivals being on the mediums... read more »

Fernando Alonso topped the final practice session ahead of qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix as Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel failed to set a quick lap on medium tyres... read more »

Fernando Alonso set the fastest time during final practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Spaniard set his fastest time on the option tyres towards the end of the session.... read more »

Formula One teams are at odds about how to introduce an extra set of tyres to Friday morning practice sessions read more »

Leading F1 Team Principals have expressed doubt over the likely success of proposals to make available an extra set of tyres in Practice One sessions if the rule is confined to... read more »

We were able to push both allocated compounds of tyres pretty well in the hot conditions today and generally the cars are well balanced. read more »

Paul di Resta believes his Force India team's best chance of turning its impressive Friday practice pace into an equally strong Bahrain Grand Prix result is if tyre... read more »

"I've been able to give the team a lot of feedback that I think will be useful this weekend on setup and tyres," says Heikki Kovalainen, "and looking ahead... read more »

McLaren is facing a difficult weekend according to Sergio Perez, while team-mate Jenson Button was left perplexed by the behaviour of the Pirelli tyres. Button was eleventh... read more »

Felipe Massa is backing the latest range of Pirelli tyres after a strong start to his 2013 F1 campaign.     read more »

Simon Lazenby: Lot of talk about tyres at the moment. Let's just start with decisions here and your decision to switch the compounds after Malaysia.... read more »

Jenson Button has come out in support of Pirelli's proposal to give an additional set of tyres to any team which runs a rookie driver during the first free practice... read more »

With both eyes already set on this weekend's Bahrain GP, Felipe Massa was still asked about the cause of his tyre issues last week at China. Importantly, the troubled... read more »

Sergio Perez says he's 'amazed' by the amount of criticism he's received after the Chinese Grand Prix in which he finished 12th. The Mexican, who joined... read more »

Pirelli should not consider changing its tyres because Red Bull are asking them to do so, says BBC F1 technical analyst Gary Anderson read more »

Jenson Button has gone against the grain, saying he reckons Formula One is "great at the moment" thanks to the Pirelli tyres... read more »

Romain Grosjean says the 2013 tyres are at the root of his problems this year but insists his confidence has not been knocked by his slow start to the year read more »

Kimi Raikkonen sees no reason for Pirelli to rethink its approach to Formula 1 tyres, as he dismissed the criticism the Italian firm has received following the degradation... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has leant his backing to the 2013 Pirelli tyres after recent criticism of the tyre manufacturer read more »

Video: Pirelli discusses Bahrain tyres read more »