Pirelli will bring extra tyres to the British Grand Prix in order to test an experimental hard compound during Friday practice read more »

BBC F1’s technical analyst Gary Anderson on why Jenson Button is suffering more than others in coping with the unforgiving new Pirelli tyres. read more »

Pirelli test driver Lucas di Grassi believes teams will find the new experimental hard compound tyres that will be evaluated at Silverstone this weekend a step forward - even... read more »

Dr Helmut Marko suspects there are “serious differences” in the quality of the sets of tyres being supplied this year by Pirelli. Red Bull’s motor... read more »

Pastor Maldonado believes that he has a better understanding of Pirelli's 2012 Formula 1 tyres than he did with last year's rubber read more »

Pedro de la Rosa: "Silverstone is a beautiful and classic circuit; it's a place I really like. I've raced in many categories there: Formula Ford, Formula... read more »

The team that best manages the performance delta of the tyres is the one best placed to win, and to do that you have to take every opportunity to gather data and learn from it... read more »

Development of next year's Pirelli tyres has taken another step forward with two days of testing at Spa-Francorchamps. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen was left to settle for another podium finish after finding he didn't have the car to catch Fernando Alonso in Valencia. read more »

McLaren thinks its failure to fight for victory in the European Grand Prix was purely down to its handling of tyres over the Valencia weekend. read more »

Romain Grosjean came close to victory in Sunday’s European Grand Prix, having carried fresher tyres than leader Fernando Alonso when he stopped with alternator... read more »

Paul Hembery: "Valencia is meant to be a circuit that is incredibly difficult to overtake on, but that didn't seem to be the case today as there were so many times... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 17th: "The truth is that I gave it my all in this race, I emptied myself, and I'm satisfied. It was a very long race and towards the end, right in... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 14th: "My start wasn't the best I've had this year but I was keeping pace with Webber and Ricciardo for the first few laps. Unfortunately we... read more »

DRIVERS: 1 – Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari); 2 – Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus); 3 – Michael SCHUMACHER (Mercedes) TV UNILATERAL... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen, 2nd: "Second place is okay but the win is what I really wanted. We didn't quite have the pace for it today. I got a good start but I was blocked by... read more »

Michael Schumacher, 3rd: "Wow, I did not even think of getting on the podium for any second in the race today, so what a wonderful result! Finally it happened! After such... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 1st: "This has been an unforgettable day for me and I can't find the right words to express my feelings! Winning in my country is an indescribable... read more »

Mark Webber, 4th: "I'm very happy with that, obviously it's been a tough weekend up until today, but you never know what's going to happen. In the middle of... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg, 5th: "A great result for everyone in the team today and for me personally. Fifth place is a great achievement after a very long and difficult race. The... read more »

Lewis Hamilton said he had no qualms about trying to fend off Pastor Maldonado as his tyres fading at the end of the European Grand Prix - even though the battle culminated in... read more »

Pastor Maldonado has unsurprisingly blamed Lewis Hamilton for their collision in the closing stages of the European Grand Prix. Just over two laps from the end, as the McLaren... read more »

Mark Webber described his progress from 19th on the grid to fourth place in the European Grand Prix as a 'crazy' outcome - but still felt the race would have been... read more »

Pastor Maldonado has laid the blame fully on Lewis Hamilton for their European Grand Prix clash, which resulted in the latter retiring from the race. The pair were battling for... read more »

Fernando Alonso has thrown his support behind Pirelli, saying their tyres have made the Championship "exciting" and "challenging"... read more »