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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Lewis Hamilton has criticised Pirelli for supplying tyres that are "worse this year" ahead of the F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »