Pastor Maldonado blamed cold tyres and oversteer for his collision with Sergio Pérez in the final minutes of Monaco Grand Prix practice on Saturday morning. The... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 18th: “That was a good session for me. I've had a good balance all weekend and I went into this session knowing I could push. I'd said to... read more »

Several factors beyond understanding the Pirelli tyres are having an influence on this season's racing, according to Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery read more »

Pirelli insists that there is no mystery to its 2012 tyres - and that teams fully understand exactly what they need to do to get the most out of the rubber read more »

Formula One's team boss are not in favour of the sport introducing qualifying tyres in order to persuade drivers to contest Q3... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 23rd: "Today has been a really strange day because, out of the three hours which we normally have, I only completed two stints. I wasn't able to... read more »

Timo Glock, 20th: "In general, the mixed conditions today made it very difficult to work on the car in the way we had planned. We got a good start to the day this morning,... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 4th: "For we drivers, Thursday in Monaco provides the best opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with a very unique track. The more you go round, the more... read more »

The majority of teams are against the idea of Pirelli introducing Q3 only qualifying tyres in a bid to spice up the pole position shoot-out. With tyres now playing a decisive... read more »

The 2012 'tyre lottery' is a buzzword in the F1 paddock at present, but Gerhard Berger on Thursday slammed those who are complaining the loudest. "It's... read more »

Understanding super-soft tyres will be key - Button read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: This morning we had a productive session with both drivers successfully working through their test programmes, but unfortunately the wet... read more »

Paul Di Resta, 12th: “The morning session was quite straightforward and the baseline set-up was not too far away. The track was quite green to begin with, but it was... read more »

Paul Hembery: “Of all the tyres in our range, the teams have had the least running of all on the supersoft to date, so today was very important for them to get out... read more »

Jenson Button, 1st: “The most important job today was to try and get a decent high-fuel long-run on the Supersoft tyre – which I don’t think... read more »

We haven't achieved quite as much data gathering as perhaps we would have liked and once again it seems that the preparation of the tyres will be critical to good performance. read more »

Formula 1's latest winner, Pastor Maldonado, declared himself satisfied after he finished in the top five in both practice sessions on Friday. The Williams driver won last... read more »

Having run extensively on the soft tyres this morning, we switched early to the supersofts for the afternoon session, but with rain in the air we only managed limited running. read more »

The McLaren duo of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton believe Lotus will be the car to beat in Monaco this weekend after Romain Grosjean showed impressive pace during... read more »

Jenson Button takes advantage of dry spell and supersoft tyres in FP2 to snatch fastest time of day one in Monaco. read more »

Jenson Button set the fastest time in second practice ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix. The 2009 world champion set his time of 1.15.746 on option tyres... read more »

Hamilton still searching for 'fine touch' when it comes to taming this year's Pirelli tyres. read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has revealed to Pitpass' business editor Christian Sylt that drivers will soon be forced to start the race with a fresh set of tyres in order to... read more »

As the debate over Pirelli's 2012 tyres continues, McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has defended the Italian manufacturer. read more »

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh believes Pirelli should not be criticised for the unpredictable results produced in the first five races of the season after admitting... read more »