Sainz took over the lead from Alpine's Esteban Ocon, who had been fastest in the morning session, with some 90 minutes to go in the session. The Spaniard first set a... read more »

Isola said that a stronger rear tyre encourages understeer, and admitted that it's easier to lock the fronts than it was last year.He agreed that the 2022 cars are... read more »

AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly clocked the fastest time on the opening day of Formula 1's second pre-season test in Bahrain. Gasly set a time of 1:33.902s on the C5 tyres... read more »

Pirelli has announced the tyres that it will bring to the opening three races of the 2022 Formula 1 season, which includes a skip of the C4 compound for Australia. Melbourne... read more »

Lance Stroll is concerned Pirelli's new 18-inch tyres hold similar characteristics to its previous generation of tyres. read more »

The Barcelona test was the first time teams and drivers were able to experience the definitive 18-inch race tyres mated to the 2022 cars that they were designed for, having... read more »

Pirelli believe they have avoided a "dangerous" gap with their 2022 tyres were neither the wets nor inters are suitable. read more »

It was a productive test for Pirelli in Spain as they learned how their new-for-2022 eighteen-inch tyres worked alongside the 2022 Formula 1 cars. read more »

Sam Collins and Rosanna Tennant look back on the final day of pre-season running in Barcelona. 02:26 Mario Isola, Pirelli's Head of F1 and Racing, assesses the new 2022... read more »

Hamilton set a pair of fastest lap times, finishing with a 1m19.138s set in the final 10 minutes on the C5 tyres, to eclipse Russell's 1m19.233s from the morning session... read more »

Russell enjoyed a scrap with Max Verstappen over the bragging rights in the morning session, but the Mercedes driver won out with his 1m19.233s on a set of C5 tyres - the... read more »

During the lunch break on F1's final day of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the circuit will be sprayed with water to replicate full wet conditions, with... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says it is a "very fine line" trying to bluff his rivals about his tyres as he doesn't want to confuse Mercedes. read more »

Albon finished the second day of running at Barcelona on Thursday in ninth place overall as he continued to get used to his new team.As well as the change to 18-inch tyres and... read more »

Formula 1 teams will test Pirelli's wet weather tyres on the final half-day of this week's test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. read more »

The Haas Formula 1 team has conducted a shakedown of its 2022 car in Barcelona, the VF-22, ahead of pre-season testing later this week. As outlined by the regulations, teams... read more »

The Q2 tyre rule, whereby the top ten drivers had to start the race on the tyres they used to post their fastest lap in Q2, has been scrapped. read more »

Lando Norris has added to the concerns regarding visibility with the new 18-inch tyres... read more »

Team officials have discussed the removal of the rule for a number of years, which had been in place since 2014 and required all drivers who reached Q3 to start the race on... read more »

Alexander Albon says that he is expecting to endure visibility issues at certain tracks during the upcoming 2022 Formula 1 season. F1 is introducing 18-inch tyres for the year,... read more »

The FIA has announced that the regulation regarding its Q2 starting tyre rule has been abolished for the 2022 Formula 1 season. For several years, F1 drivers who made it into... read more »

After their first run in a 2022 car, Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi both raised concerns about visibility with the new 18-inch Pirelli tyres. read more »

Wet tyres were needed for Williams' shakedown of the FW44 as it hit the track for the first time at Silverstone. read more »

As part of grand prix racing's rules overhaul, which includes a shift to ground effect cars, Pirelli is also moving to different sized tyres.It has ditched the previous... read more »

The larger tyres on 2022 cars will make seeing the apex of corners more "tricky", according to the World Champion. read more »