Lewis Hamilton said that his decision to only carry out one flying lap and preserve tyres in qualifying has left him in a stronger position for the Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has blamed cold tyres for the reason why Mark Webber failed to get through to Q2 and Q3. The Australian read more »

Lewis Hamilton said he prioritised the race over qualifying in China after saving tyres in Q3 read more »

Christian Horner has said that Mark Webber’s early qualifying knock-out in China on Saturday was due to a team decision rather than a personal call from the driver. On what was... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Mark Webber's disastrous qualifying session in China, which saw the Australian dumped out of Q1 and placed 18th, was down to... read more »

Force India had a busy Friday at Shanghai as they were testing new components on the car in the first session. Nico Hulkenberg was in te car along Paul Di Resta in FP1 to set... read more »

Williams have today introduced their new exhaust system which is essentially a copy of the Red Bull version. Rubens evaluated the system while testing the option tyres. Pastor... read more »

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has responded to drivers’ concerns over rubber ‘marbles’. The colloquial term describes balls of rubber which fly off tyres, more so this year... read more »

Pirelli is investigating ways to reduce the amount of marbles created by its tyres over a race distance read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have played down claims that the high wear rate of the new Pirelli tyres is posing a danger to drivers... read more »

As was the case in Australia, the teams will have an extra set of hard compound tyres for use during Friday's first free practice session this weekend. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has echoed the sentiments of former F3 Euro Series rival Paul di Resta by claiming that Pirelli’s current tyres contain an element of danger. Like the Scot,... read more »

Malaysia provided an action-packed race with plenty of overtaking and a podium battle that went right down to the very last lap – and in China Pirelli is hoping for more of the... read more »

Karun Chandhok explains how the DRS, KERS and Pirelli's new tyres are all coming together to create great racing in 2011 read more »

The 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship continues in Asia for the Chinese Grand Prix, held in the city of Shanghai. The third race of the season will take place at the... read more »

Fernando Alonso has called on Pirelli to try and tweak its tyres to prevent the high levels of 'marbles' that were seen at last weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix. read more »

Paul Hembery: “So far I’m very pleased with the way that our tyres have helped the show, but I’m always impressed by the way that read more »

Paul di Resta has described how small bulls of rubber – colloquially known in racing circles as ‘the marbles’ – were flying off his front tyres and striking his hands during... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has hailed the added excitement from the Pirelli tyres during the Malaysian Grand Prix. The Italian company was asked to read more »

A tough weekend at Sepang ended in retirements for both Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado. However, Williams insists that it has learnt more about its FW33 and the new... read more »

Lewis Hamilton hit out at his McLaren team immediately after Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix, a race in which he initially challenged for the lead before... read more »

Toro Rosso had a dismal Malaysian GP weekend as both drivers failed to get a reward for their hard work through the race. Sebastian Buemi unfortunately speeded in the pitlane... read more »

Lewis Hamilton said tyre degradation cost him valuable time in his final two stints of the Malaysian Grand Prix, as he opted for hard tyres in both and dropped from second... read more »

Did you love it? Or did you hate it? There seemed to be non-stop action, but was that down to the tyres, DRS and KERS? read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 15th: "That was a pretty good race all round. The balance was good on both sets of tyres and I think the strategy read more »