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 »

Ross Brawn insists Mercedes are not "abusing" their tyres, they are still "not using them properly" as once again they struggled in a race.... read more »

Even two races into the 2012 season, it is pointless to draw up a ‘pecking order’. Indeed, the picture in the media is muddled. With Ferrari in deep trouble... read more »

Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez may have ended the Malaysian Grand Prix on different compounds, but both played the tyre game to perfection at Sepang. read more »

Red Bull believes that getting a better understanding of Pirelli's tyres will be just as important to its title hopes as improving its car. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says that he was cautious on the intermediate and wet compound tyres having not driven on them before the Malaysian Grand Prix read more »

Mark Webber, 4th: “It was busy with a lot of calls going on at the re-start and with the tyres. My stint on the intermediates read more »

The Sauber F1 Team is over the moon after having finished second in a very difficult Malaysian GP with Sergio Perez at the wheel of the Sauber C31-Ferrari. Sergio had started... read more »

Mark Webber said he was never fully comfortable on the intermediate tyres during the Malaysian Grand Prix but was pleased with fourth place after "some inspired... read more »

Mark Webber admitted that he took too long to get up to speed on intermediate tyres after only finishing fourth in the Malaysian Grand Prix. read more »

Only 9 laps into the race, the Malaysian GP was stopped due to the rainy conditions. While the race got underway on intermediate tyres, it soon worsened, requiring everyone to... read more »

Romain Grosjean is the first retirement from the Malaysian Grand Prix, having spun off-track at Turn 6 on the third lap. The Lotus driver, who was about to pit for Wet tyres,... read more »

FIA – Both Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel had tyre issues in Malaysian qualifying and will start fourth and fifth. Webber qualified fourth, though his session... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says his decision to qualify on hard tyres at the Malaysian Grand Prix was not part of a wider strategy but due to his struggles on the medium compound read more »

Timo Glock, 21st: "It was quite a tough, difficult day for me today. The car was very good this morning on prime tyres and I read more »