Ultimately pole was secured by Red Bull's Sergio Perez with new tyres, but that was not the case for his immediate rivals.Pirelli Formula 1 boss Mario Isola says that it... read more »
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Max Verstappen has slated the Pirelli F1 tyres after claiming that he and Charles Leclerc "could have actually raced more" without the tyres 'dying'. read more »
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It was a very strategic race from Max, not taking too much out of the tyres and making sure he had enough left to attack at the end of the Grand Prix. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton quipped he needs "more grip and more power" after a difficult display at Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Hamilton was eliminated from Q1 at... read more »
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The 2021 F1 world champion was second and fourth respectively in the first two segments of qualifying, and felt that the performance in his car on used soft tyres was promising... read more »
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Ahead of what will be his 215th grand prix start, the two-time F1 race winner topped qualifying on the Corniche Circuit with his final soft tyre run in Q3 to depose the Ferrari... read more »
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The opening day of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix did not deliver big surprises in terms of tyre behaviour, but drivers needed to find a way to get around the graining on the... read more »
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Pirelli Motorsport Director, Mario Isola, is excited to see how the tyres perform at the fast street circuit, with the venue being completely different to Bahrain. read more »
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The Bahrain Grand Prix saw Pirelli's 18-inch tyres make their racing debut, the tyre manufacturer's Motorsport Director Mario Isola believes they were a success! read more »
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Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo could qualify only 13th and 18th respectively, and on Sunday the team rolled the dice and took a gamble - surprisingly perhaps with both cars... read more »
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The German manufacturer has endured a difficult start to the campaign, with its W13 unable to match the pace of front-runners Ferrari and Red Bull.Although it was able to hold... read more »
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We are satisfied with how the tyres performed. The soft and medium compounds were key here, while the hard represented an alternative and more consistent choice. read more »
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Toto used a, erm, colourful analogy to sum up Mercedes' move to hard tyres in Bahrain. read more »
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Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc claimed the first pole of the season at the Bahrain Grand Prix when the revolutionary new F1 cars sporting brand-new 18-inch... read more »
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George Russell has explained why he failed to improve on his final lap in Q3, which resulted in him slipping down the order to ninth. The Mercedes driver had just one fresh set... read more »
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The first of these is the minimum weight limit, with many outfits having struggled to meet the original target of 795kg.This was well up from 2021's 752kg limit from last... read more »
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AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly set the pace as Formula 1's new season kicked off with the opening practice session in Bahrain. Gasly used Soft tyres to post a time of... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton has criticised Pirelli for supplying tyres that are "worse this year" ahead of the F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »
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The 2022 FIA Formula 1 World Championship kicks-off this weekend with the Bahrain Grand Prix, Pirelli's first chance to use the new 18-inch tyres across a Grand Prix. read more »
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The ground effect aero was delivering well at high speed, the tyres seemed to be behaving well and, although the extra weight meant the cars were quite cumbersome, there was... read more »
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As the Official Pre-Season Test came to a close, Pirelli have noted that the gap between the different tyre compounds has been higher than initially predicted. read more »
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The world champion edged out Ferrari's Charles Leclerc as most of the field targeted performance runs late in the final session.Verstappen completed what was the second... read more »
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The world champion edged out Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc Alpine's Fernando Alonso and new Mercedes signing George Russell - with most of the field going for performance... read more »
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World Champion Max Verstappen set the fastest time as Formula 1's second pre-season test came to a close in Bahrain on Saturday. Verstappen moved to the front of the... read more »
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Perez used Pirelli's soft C4 tyres to set a 1m33.105s lap, comfortably holding top position until the lunchtime interval.Alfa Romeo's rookie Guanyu Zhou was second on... read more »