Verstappen's 1m18.790s led the way ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who jumped up the order late on after initially struggling with the handling of his W14, and running adrift of... read more »

Alfa Romeo's Valtteri Bottas is the latest driver to question Formula 1's controversial idea to get rid of tyre blankets next season. F1 had been looking at gradually... read more »

Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc both lost ground to rivals ahead on the hards - having started on the medium and soft respectively - on their way to distant sixth and seventh... read more »

Mercedes has explained why it didn't swap its drivers after the Safety Car restart during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. On lap 18, both George Russell and Lewis Hamilton... read more »

Pirelli is considering extending its partnership for F1 after the FIA initiated the tender process to supply tyres between 2025-27. read more »

As expected, Pirelli is keen to supply tyres to F1 - F2 and F3 - following the news that the FIA has opened the tender process. read more »

Ferrari arrived at the start of the season in Bahrain, with Charles Leclerc retiring from third place and Sainz struggling to keep up with Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso,... read more »

The FIA has officially opened the tender process for tyres for the F1, F2 and F3 championships from 2025. read more »

Pirelli has been the sole provider of tyres to the series since 2011. This followed on from a one-make deal with Bridgestone, which also featured alongside Michelin in the last... read more »

The FIA has officially launched the Invitation of Tender for the Single Supply of race tyres for the Formula 1 World Championship from the 2025 season. The tender covers 2025... read more »

Formula 1 is back for the 2023 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix, with Red Bull strongly fancied to take pole position and the win in the third edition of the fastest street-circuit race... read more »

Nico Hülkenberg quipped that he was going through his tyres "like a hot knife through butter" after picking up damage at the start of Formula 1's Bahrain Grand... read more »

F1 debutant Piastri became the first driver of the new season to retire after attempts to rectify an electrical issue aboard his MCL60 by fitting a new steering wheel failed.By... read more »

The two-time champion was fortunate to come away from the opening lap of his Aston Martin debut unscathed after receiving a whack to the rear-right from Lance Stroll, as the... read more »

Verstappen controlled the race at the front from the start, as Ferrari's Charles Leclerc grabbed second early on thanks to starting on fresh soft tyres.Verstappen's... read more »

Alpine hid its true potential in testing at Sakhir by not running soft tyres or low fuel, but Gasly picked up the pace in second practice, when he was an encouraging... read more »

Red Bull swept the front row at Sakhir with Max Verstappen on pole and his team-mate Sergio Perez alongside.Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are behind in third and fourth, but... read more »

Starting from the second row is actually a positive result considering that we will have the only driver with an extra set of new soft tyres. read more »

Ferrari driver Leclerc looked to have the potential to beat Perez and possibly even threaten eventual pole winner Verstappen for top spot, but surprisingly climbed out of his... read more »

After Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso paced two of the three practice sessions, Red Bull fought back in qualifying as reigning world champion Verstappen led a 1-2 ahead of... read more »

Charles Leclerc opted against completing his final run of qualifying at the F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix in order to save a set of tyres.  read more »

Carlos Sainz finished fourth ahead of his compatriot Fernando Alonso, with the Aston Martin driver only running once in the final segment due to having one set fewer of the... read more »

As part of an effort to reduce the number of tyres that are brought to grands prix, at two races this year an experiment will take place for a new qualifying format.The number... read more »

In the wake of Verstappen's third-place finish in Monte Carlo, as Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez triumphed, both drivers found themselves subject to a Ferrari protest... read more »

The cars ran without issue, and we worked through our planned programme, which today meant fine-tuning set-up and developing our understanding of the tyres. read more »