Hamilton, Vettel, Webber and Button covered by just 0.086s in opening session. However, with teams using 2013 and 2012-spec tyres its difficult to get an accurate picture. read more »

On a morning that saw the bulk of the field test the new 2013 Pirelli tyres, Lewis Hamilton set the pace ahead of Sebastian Vettel in FP1 for the Brazilian GP... read more »

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in opening practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix. In dry and sunny conditions, Hamilton’s time of 1:14.131 was good enough to stay... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has started the Brazilian GP weekend in perfect style by topping the timesheet throughout the entire first practice session. He was however closely matched by... read more »

Mercedes boss Norbert Haug has admitted that his team is unlikely to use its Coanda exhaust this weekend as it struggles to fully understand its affect, particularly on tyres. read more »

Pirelli will bring 2013 'prototype' tyres to Brazil this weekend for teams to test in free practice... read more »

Q: What sort of technical challenge did the Circuit of the Americas provide? Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: The track layout was fantastic and a really good... read more »

Pirelli will take sets of experimental 2013 tyres to Brazil as the Formula 1 season climaxes at Interlagos this weekend. For next season, the four Slick compounds will retain... read more »

The teams will have two extra sets of next year's prototype tyres at their disposal for Friday's free practice sessions at Interlagos, in order to give them an idea... read more »

Just like last year, the last race of the season will be held at the legendary Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo, and Pirelli has nominated the P Zero Silver hard tyre and P Zero... read more »

Paul Hembery has revealed that the 2013 Pirelli tyres will change the aerodynamics for the teams next season read more »

Kimi Raikkonen said a drop in temperatures due to cloud cover prevented him from holding off Jenson Button as his tyres dropped off read more »

Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher finished the United States Grand Prix in 13th and 16th places respectively today. The Mercedes AMG drivers found it hard to get the tyres up... read more »

Following clear criticism of just about every Formula One team about the tyres available at Austin, Texas, Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery has now confirmed... read more »

Pastor Maldonado qualified tenth and Bruno Senna 11th for tomorrow’s United States Grand Prix. Maldonado continued on through Q2 to qualify in 10th after not being able to warm... read more »

Our race pace on Friday looked promising and - as a rule - the car has been kind on tyres so there's no reason to believe we shouldn't be aiming for another strong... read more »

Today has been about getting the tyres into the right working zone, and the unusual number of laps that everyone ran in qualifying reflects that. read more »

Ferrari's decision to use scrubbed tyres in Q3 at Austin had no influence on its poor qualifying result, insist drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso. read more »

From the first sessions, all teams have had trouble warming tyres up but in our case it is particularly difficult due to low aerodynamic support read more »

Both Kovalainen and Petrov underperformed today in qualifying and were unable to extract the potential of their Caterham cars. The drivers struggled to get the tyres up to... read more »

HRT were fortunate to see the temperatures rise after final free practice, as neither car was able to get into the 107% time in the morning. With raised temperatures, the... read more »

Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher think that the United States Grand Prix will be tough due to the length of time the tyres take to warm up. “The... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa isn't confident of qualifying within the 107 per cent regulation for the United States GP after failing to do so throughout both practice sessions on... read more »

Both Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna lamented the slippery surface of the Circuit of the Americas. “The circuit is really nice and it was fun to drive. It was very... read more »

Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi is worried that the amount of time taking to heat up the tyres will make qualifying in America tough. “The high speed corners of the new... read more »