Kamui Kobayashi says his qualifying form is the main area he needs to improve in for 2012, admitting he has thus far struggled to warm his tyres properly. read more »

Nov.24 (GMM) Ferrari will be happy with the move towards even softer tyre compounds for 2012, Pirelli's F1 chief Paul Hembery has admitted. The famous Italian team has... read more »

Pirelli will be rolling out modified tyres for this weekend’s season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix, with enough knowledge now under the Italian company’s belt... read more »

Pirelli will be supplying the teams with 2012-specification soft tyres for the Brazilian Grand Prix, while they will also test a hard tyre during Friday practice read more »

Nov.21 (GMM) Valtteri Bottas has admitted he would like to sign up as Williams' Friday morning test driver in 2012. The Finnish GP3 driver, who contested the prestigious... read more »

Nov.21 (GMM) Williams' decision about its 2012 driver lineup is nearing. Writing in Germany's Speed Week, Peter Hesseler said the famous British team "plans to... read more »

Pirelli boss Paul Hembery says he is pleased with the performance of the 2012 tyres trialled in Abu Dhabi read more »

As well as continuing to test Pirelli’s experimental tyres at Yas Marina on Wednesday, Ferrari worked on new components for its engine as Jules Bianchi went second... read more »

Robert Wickens said that he was surprised at the difference in tyre compound between the 2011 and prototype 2012 Pirelli tyres read more »

Pirelli's preparations for 2012 will continue at the Young Driver test in Abu Dhabi where they will test a selection of prototype compounds... read more »

Pirelli's 2012 tyres will make their debut at the young driver test in Abu Dhabi which gets underway on Tuesday. read more »

Pirelli will use the forthcoming F1 Young Driver test in Abu Dhabi to debut a selection of its 2012 tyre compounds. read more »

Felipe Massa blamed his spin at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on a combination of the medium tyres and an old-spec front wing read more »

Felipe Massa blamed difficulties with the medium tyres, allied to weekend dramas with his front wing, for a troubled Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

Jenson Button feels a combination of poor pace on soft tyres and a lack of KERS for most of the race cost him in Abu Dhabi... read more »

Nico Rosberg said that he struggled to get heat in to his tyres during the final part of qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, leaving him in seventh place on the grid read more »

The Sauber F1 Team drivers, Sergio Pérez and Kamui Kobayashi, have qualified 11th and 16th respectively for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the 2011 FIA... read more »

Force India carry out aero tests on both cars in FP1, while FP2 was more about the tyres and race set-up. read more »

Nov.9 (GMM) Red Bull has not only the fastest car, but also the fastest pit crew in formula one this year. With Pirelli supplying heavily degrading tyres this season, the... read more »

The characteristics of the Pirelli tyres this season have seen the total number of pit stops rise steeply, so far, there have been an average of 58 stops per race. read more »

Teams will have two extra sets of experimental soft tyres for use during free practice in Abu Dhabi as part of Pirelli's 2012 preparations... read more »

Pirelli has confirmed that it will hand each team two sets of an experimental Soft compound to trial in practice for this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. In use for... read more »

Formula 1 teams will get to try out an experimental soft compound tyre during Friday practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Pirelli continues to make preparations for tweaks... read more »

Pirelli's medium and soft tyres should be well suited to the 21 corners and two straights that make up a lap of the Yas Marina circuit. read more »

Sauber technical director James Key says that the team will try "several new approaches" to setting up the car in the hope of getting the tyres to work in Abu Dhabi read more »