Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes still has room for improvement in unlocking the secrets to Pirelli's tyres, despite its dominant victory in the Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Jenson Button says Mercedes's victory in China was not simply a result of tyre management, but also proof that the German manufacturer has a genuinely quick car in 2012. read more »

Nico Rosberg admits he doesn't know if he'll be able to challenge for victory in Bahrain because Mercedes might struggle with its tyres this weekend read more »

Managing tyres properly will be key to strong race performances this season, according to Williams's chief operations engineer Mark Gillan read more »

Mark Webber thinks the Bahrain Grand Prix will be an interesting affair with DRS and Pirelli tyres both being used for the first time at the Sakhir circuit read more »

Of the seven Bahrain Grands Prix to date, Ferrari has won four of them, however, the Italian outfit admits it is unlikely to add to its tally this weekend. read more »

Eric Boullier could not hide his feelings after the Chinese Grand Prix, having seen Kimi Räikkönen tumble from second place as his tyres went off the cliff.... read more »

Nico Rosberg says his victory in the Chinese Grand Prix was far from easy as he claimed he was never able to go flat out in order to manage his tyres properly read more »

Ross Brawn believes that his team getting its tyres into the 'sweet spot' of performance was key to Nico Rosberg delivering his maiden victory for Mercedes in China. read more »

Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery says Nico Rosberg's emphatic win in the Chinese Grand Prix is evidence that Mercedes is making progress in learning how to unlock the... read more »

Romain Grosjean benefitted from an aggressive tyre strategy whilst Kimi Raikkonen ultimately lost out in a fast-paced and exciting Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai... read more »

The 2012 Chinese Grand Prix was very much a race of mixed results for Lotus. Kimi Räikkönen may have run second but, once passed by Sebastian Vettel, he soon... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen went from a podium to a point-less finish in the space of 10 laps as his tyre strategy proved to be the wrong one... read more »

Ross Brawn says Mercedes' hopes of capitalising on its qualifying form in the Chinese Grand Prix will depend on it getting its tyres into the right operating window read more »

Paul Hembery: "We'd like to congratulate Nico Rosberg and Mercedes on their achievements today. The way that Nico, Michael and the Mercedes used the tyres read more »

Tyre degradation in China is traditionally quite high: the teams were clearly trying to save tyres where they could today and tyre strategy is clearly going to be crucial. read more »

Paul Hembery: "The rain-affected first session was mainly used by the teams to establish crossover points between the intermediate and the slick tyres, which could read more »

Whilst our low fuel runs look good, our primary focus has been on race pace and working to understand the tyres so that we can use them as well as possible on Sunday. read more »

Nico Rosberg says his Mercedes team is not yet fully on top of the tyres issues that have hindered the outfit in the first two races of the season read more »

Apr.11 (GMM) McLaren is not yet ready to roll out a Mercedes-style 'F-duct' to complement its highly competitive 2012 car. Despite Mercedes struggling with tyres in... read more »

The 2012 season has kicked off promisingly, with more overtaking moves recorded in the first two races than in the same exciting period last year. The finding is significant,... read more »

McLaren is not yet ready to roll out a Mercedes-style ‘F-duct’ to complement its highly competitive 2012 car. Despite Mercedes struggling with tyres in the... read more »

As the Formula 1 fraternity prepares to depart to Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix, tyre degradation is once again a top priority for teams’ and drivers’ alike. Pirelli have... read more »

Apr.4 (GMM) Fernando Alonso's win was a complete surprise, but the name of another team was on more paddock-dwellers' lips after Malaysia -- Sauber. "Only one... read more »

Jaime Alguersuari will join Lucas di Grassi as Pirelli's official test drivers to aid development of next seasons tyres, the Italian company confirmed on Friday. Pirelli read more »