Leclerc to start from the back of the grid for the Russian Grand Prix after being fitted with an upgraded power unit. He ended the opening day tenth with Carlos Sainz Jr in... read more »

We focused our efforts on understanding the tyres and set-up, preparing the car for both single-lap performance and for the race, as usual. read more »

Pirelli have brought the softest range of tyres to the Russian Grand Prix, although based on the forecast they may not be needed. read more »

Most people associate an F1 'strategy' with the call to pit and the decision of which tyres to fit. But you need to take many steps back to really see the wider work... read more »

Formula 1 journalist Peter Windsor has offered insight into how he believes Mercedes have benefitted from Pirelli's stiffer tyre construction. read more »

Last month's wet race at Spa-Francorchamps had to be abandoned after three laps behind a safety car because conditions were not good enough to allow the current generation... read more »

An issue suffered by Alpine halved theirs and Pirelli's latest test of their 2022 wet and intermediate tyres at Magny-Cours. read more »

A technical issue with Alpine's Formula 1 car at the latest 18-inch tyre test resulted in zero laps recorded in France on Thursday. The test, which was the final run of a... read more »

Ex-F1 racer Daniil Kvyat continued Pirelli's 2022 tyre testing programme in France on Wednesday. The Alpine reserve driver completed 91 laps in wet conditions at Magny... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he "did everything he could" throughout the Italian Grand Prix weekend after surging to a podium finish. Bottas topped qualifying and went on to... read more »

Both drivers were able to use the Soft tyres to their advantage off the start-line and move up a place on the run to the first corner. read more »

The early safety car gave the tyres some respite, but the soft performed better than expected, with very low levels of degradation despite the warm temperatures. read more »

Lando Norris has suggested extreme hypersoft tyres being introduced for sprint qualifying to make it more exciting.  read more »

Lewis Hamilton out-paces Max Verstappen by 0.452s in practice at Monza, as Mercedes (and Alpine) intriguingly opt not to run the soft tyres. read more »

Lewis Hamilton laid down his marker in first practice for the Italian GP, setting the pace on the medium tyres ahead of Max Verstappen. read more »

The Dutch GP weekend saw the unusual sight of drivers waiting in the narrow pit exit lane before commencing their out laps.Because it was not possible to pass, that sometimes... read more »

Zandvoort hosted its first F1 race in 36 years last weekend as Max Verstappen took a popular home victory in front of a baying Dutch crowd.The circuit underwent significant... read more »

Perez dropped out in Q1 at Zandvoort on Saturday after failing to get a final lap in the opening session, prompting Red Bull to take a fresh power unit that resigned the... read more »

Bottas was called in for a precautionary pitstop on "safety" grounds at Zandvoort on lap 67 of 72, switching from medium to soft tyres, and promptly set the fastest... read more »

The only major threat to Verstappen's race arrived after his first pitstop when he resumed behind Valtteri Bottas, but the Mercedes driver was soon cleared with the aid of... read more »

Lando Norris says McLaren struggled on the soft tyres in Friday practice at Zandvoort, but sees no way for large gains to be made. read more »

When the Dutch GP was first put on the 2020 calendar and plans for the track revisions were confirmed, Pirelli considered making a special tyre to cope with the extra high... read more »

Taking on Zandvoort's banked corners, Pirelli F1 boss Mario Isola says they are not worried about the load the tyres will experience. read more »

With F1 still analysing exactly what went wrong at the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend as it failed to run any racing laps, there have been some comparisons with how the series... read more »

It's debrief time!  read more »