Fernando Alonso has given his impressions of the bigger, heavier, wider cars for 2017 and believes they are a massive improvement. read more »

Pirelli head of car racing Mario Isola has been encouraged by the performance of the new cars with their wider tyres fitted for the 2017 season. read more »

BARCELONA, Spain -- Felipe Massa has predicted overtaking will be "very difficult" with 2017's new cars. Massa completed a huge 168 laps on his first day back in... read more »

The first four days of pre-season Formula 1 testing concluded on Thursday at the Spanish circuit of Montmelo. A total of 3185 laps were covered, that means 14.826 kms. From... read more »

Pirelli chief Paul Hembery admits he is shocked by the levels of G-forces on F1's wider 2017 cars, which he thinks would be impossible for "a normal human being"... read more »

F1's overhaul of the 2017 regulations has strengthened, not weakened, world champions Mercedes, according to the sport's new motorsport chief Ross Brawn. This... read more »

BARCELONA, Spain -- Fernando Alonso believes Formula One is going back in the right direction with the introduction of new aerodynamic regulations this year. This year will see... read more »

Speaking to The Checked Flag, Paul Hembery admits he is eager to see how the new cars and new-for-2017 wider Pirelli tyres work on track after months of development. read more »

On the eve of the launch of Mercedes' new Formula One car, Lewis Hamilton has expressed concerns about the direction F1's new regulations are taking the sport. This... read more »

Force India owner Vijay Mallya has hit back at Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul's claim small teams will struggle under 2017's rule changes, saying he wants to make the... read more »

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner says Formula One's new regulation changes make the early batch of upgrades crucial for any team wanting a successful 2017 season. The new... read more »

Christian Horner is predicting a fascinating season ahead as the new-look Formula 1, with its wider tyres and increased downforce, offers up a "great spectacle for... read more »

Our technical journey continues! 2017 marks the beginning of a new technical era in Formula One. How different will the wider tyres be and how will they affect the car and... read more »

Time to get technical! 2017 marks the beginning of a new era in Formula One. Radical aerodynamic changes and the introduction of wider tyres will alter the cars'... read more »

Pirelli is convinced its wider 2017 tyres will help achieve the five-second drop in lap times promised with Formula One's new regulations. F1's sole tyre manufacturer... read more »

Sebastian Vettel's first test of 2017, aimed at sampling Pirelli's new wet tyres, ended in the barriers of Ferrari's Fiorano test track after a crash on... read more »

Formula 1 will enter a new technical era in 2017, led by overhauled aerodynamics and wider Pirelli tyres. GPUpdate.net got the lowdown on how much drivers will… read more »

The minimum weight of this year's Formula 1 cars as been increased by another 6kg as a result of the new wider Pirelli tyres. read more »

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo says he is expecting "good things" from Pirelli's wider tyres, and believes pre-season testing will demonstrate the rubber's… read more »

Formula 1's opening 2017 pre-season test will feature at least one day of wet running, in a bid to ensure teams gain some experience of the new, wider rain tyres read more »

Red Bull design chief Adrian Newey has admitted to having mixed feelings about this year's regulation changes. Formula One cars will be wider in 2017, with wider tyres and... read more »

Former F1 racer Martin Brundle thinks the "brutal" new breed of cars designed for the 2017 season will be a "monster" to drive. New regulations have been... read more »

Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery reckons Formula One teams will "sandbag" in winter testing to hide true performance of the new 2017 cars, something we won't... read more »

The F1 regulations allow Pirelli to select three tyre compounds for each race, a popular tweak to the rules in 2016 which opened up strategy options for each race weekend. That... read more »

Pirelli has confirmed its tyre compounds for the third and fourth rounds of the 2017 season in Bahrain and Russia. With new, wider tyres for 2017, Pirelli has decided all 13... read more »