The pace of the car wasn't too bad today but it's always difficult to know here as cars don't always get clear laps and the tyres can be tricky to manage. read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen was quickest in Free Practice 1, before Norris set the fastest time of the day in FP2 at 1m11.330s, 0.023s quicker than Verstappen and... read more »

Sergio Perez was fourth in the other Red Bull, nearly half a second slower than Verstappen, with the Ferrari drivers well down the field after eschewing running the soft tyres... read more »

In response to higher than expected loads in the 2023 season, Formula One's tyre supplier Pirelli decided to introduce a sterner, tougher construction of slick tyres at... read more »

Pirelli are considering adding a 'Super Intermediate' option to their range to aid drivers in attempting to find the crossover between tyres in changing conditions. read more »

Pirelli are considering adding a 'Super Intermediate' option to their range to aid drivers in attempting to find the crossover between tyres in changing conditions. read more »

The American-owned outfit has been chasing a cure for the high tyre degradation woes that have derailed its prospects at several races this year. Its VF-23 car appears to be... read more »

Guenther Steiner admits that tyre degradation heavily affected Haas during the Belgian Grand Prix and prevented them from challenging for points. read more »

The start of the Saturday sprint event at Spa was delayed by rain, and when it eventually got underway the cars ran on full wet tyres behind the safety car - as mandated by the... read more »

Verstappen and Lambiase raised eyebrows with a vocal disagreement over their run plan during Friday qualifying for last week's Belgian Grand Prix.That was followed up by... read more »

It was the Belgian's first running in an F1 car since he tested for Mercedes in Abu Dhabi at the end of 2021.The two-day session, which was also attended by McLaren,... read more »

Hulkenberg has shown good pace on his return to a full-time drive in 2023, regularly making Q3 and qualifying as high as second in Canada, before he took a penalty hit in... read more »

Spa was seen by the Williams team as a track that would favour the low-drag characteristics of the FW45 and give Albon a chance to repeat the points-scoring form that he's... read more »

Lewis Hamilton bolted on a set of soft tyres with one lap to go in Spa to earn the DHL Fastest Lap Award in his Mercedes, adding an extra point to his tally. For more F1®... read more »

The two-day test is the latest step in Pirelli's programme of no-blanket slick running, although it is set to be compromised by rain.Pirelli's hope was to introduce... read more »

Pirelli chief Mario Isola has admitted that the wet tyres are not fit for purpose in F1 right now. read more »

Norris finished where he started in seventh but struggled on the medium Pirellis during his opening stint to lose three places before pitting on lap five of 44 for hard... read more »

The seven-time world champion took a low-key fourth place in the final F1 race before the summer break, unable to halt Max Verstappen's charge through the field to... read more »

A late downpour caused the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix sprint race to be delayed. The field was then led by the safety car for five formation laps ahead of a rolling start.The... read more »

George Russell has lashed out at Formula 1's 'pretty pointless' extreme wet weather tyres after drivers were mandated to start on the most cautious set of rubber... read more »

Drivers cite the immediate switch to Inters during the Sprint as proof that the current full wets are not fit for purpose. read more »

Charles Leclerc says Ferrari must look into the cause of its slow pit stops at recent rounds. Leclerc's stop to switch from Wet to Intermediate tyres during the F1 Sprint... read more »

If a race is declared wet and is started behind the safety car, drivers are obliged to run Pirelli's blue-walled extreme wet tyres.However, the anomaly is that once... read more »

Tomorrow, the teams will go into the race with plenty of information about the rain tyres, but they will be pretty much in the dark when it comes to the dry weather ones. read more »

Drivers say the poor quality of Formula 1's 'extreme' wet tyre is adding complications when starting races in bad visibility. read more »