Heikki Kovalainen and Lotus were thrilled by Saturday’s qualifying performance at the Circuit de Catalunya. The Finn, making the most of problems for Nick Heidfeld and Rubens... read more »

Jenson Button isn't too fazed about losing out to Fernando Alonso in qualifying, after all, he has an extra set of soft tyres... read more »

Mark Webber says he enjoyed his qualifying battle with Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel in Barcelona today, with the Australian driver securing his first pole position of... read more »

Pirelli's new hard compound tyre has been labelled a "disaster" by Lewis Hamilton ahead of its race debut at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Kamui Kobayashi is the latest in a long list of drivers to criticise Pirelli’s new Hard tyres for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. The Hard compound is now harder than it was... read more »

Nick Heidfeld, 10th: “What was really interesting today were Pirelli’s new super hard tyres. Although we’ve gained some experience of them... read more »

Nick Heidfeld admits that he was not expecting such tardy lap times with the new Pirelli tyres in Barcelona on Friday. Practice sessions 1 and 2 gave drivers a first chance to... read more »

Mark Webber has pinpointed the tyres as a major factor at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he expects a challenging race weekend in Spain given the performance of the Pirelli tyres during Friday practice read more »

Lewis Hamilton has labelled Pirelli's new hard tyres as a disaster following Friday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

Pirelli takes a look at the stresses and strains the tyres, and car, undergo during a single lap of the Circuit de Catalunya. The soft as read more »

Former F1 race winner John Watson hits out at KERS and DRS - insisting that the new Pirelli tyres are enough to improve the show in F1 read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has heaped praise on Pirelli for improving the sport and being daring enough to produce tyres that degrade more quickly read more »

Pirelli has confirmed it will introduce a new harder tyre for the Spanish Grand Prix, having tested the compound in the previous event in Turkey. read more »

Contrary to reports last weekend that teams would be given a new specification hard tyre for the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix, no official announcement has yet been made. read more »

Having initially lauded F1's bold, exciting and unpredictable new era in 2011, some paddock members are now beginning to ponder the flipside of Pirelli tyres and DRS... read more »

Jenson Button reflects that he was effectively punished for driving 'a clean, strong race' and taking care of his tyres in Istanbul - but he tips McLaren to bounce... read more »

Jarno Turlli believes "qualifying is less spectacular and more tactical" these days as teams would rather save their tyres than go all out for pole... read more »

Mark Webber is ready to mount a more serious challenge on team-mate Sebastian Vettel after finally getting to grips with the 2011 Pirelli tyres. read more »

Pirelli has announced that the soft and super softs will be used as prime and option tyres for the Canada GP in Montreal next month... read more »

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh warned Lewis Hamilton to curb his aggression after he finished fourth in the Turkish Grand Prix. read more »

Nico Rosberg says strategy helped him recover from a poor first stint with tyres as he finished fifth in the Turkish Grand Prix.  read more »

Paul Hembery: "We obviously develop tyres that have to suit 20 different circuits this year, and the demands of Turn Eight in particular mean that read more »

Colin Kolles, Hispania Racing Team Principal: “The race was not as we expected because we faced some unpredicted problems with the tyres during the pit read more »

Jenson Button believes that a quicker strategy in Istanbul would have been to make a later first pit-stop in order to allow for a short final stint. From sixth on the grid, the... read more »