Nico Rosberg spoke in a cautious manner after the opening two practice sessions for the Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai, admitting that despite showing impressive raw pace, his... read more »

Jenson Button has joined Lewis Hamilton in bemoaning the "extreme degradation" being experienced with the soft tyres in China. read more »

The drivers have their say on the Friday action in Shanghai, where tyre degradation is the major talking point. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has questioned whether Pirelli's soft tyres are an appropriate selection for this weekend's Chinese GP after suffering extreme degradation during... read more »

Mark Webber is expecting tyre wear to remain a prominent issue at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, with the debate over Pirelli's more aggressive compounds... read more »

Martin Brundle, former driver turned commentator, has jumped to Pirelli's defence following a barrage of criticism levelled at Formula 1's tyre supplier. The Italian... read more »

Ferrari and Lotus would veto any move to have Pirelli change the compounds of its 2013 tyres. Before the RB9 finished first and second in Malaysia, Red Bull’s Dr... read more »

Red Bull only has itself to blame for the tyre degradation issues it is facing, says a defiant Lotus boss Eric Boullier, as the champion team lobbies for changes to the 2013... read more »

Max Chilton has blamed significant tyre degradation as the main reason behind his struggles at the Sepang International Circuit so far this weekend, with the Marussia driver... read more »

Pirelli has played down the extent to which tyre degradation will dominate the sport this year read more »

Pirelli Motorsport Director Paul Hembery says the the high levels of tyre degradation witnessed during Friday practice at Sepang were 'within our anticipated... read more »

Paul Hembery insists the high degradation experienced at Sepang on Friday was "within" Pirelli's expected parameters... read more »

Reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel says his Red Bull team needs to take a step forward after the opening two practice sessions in Malaysia, having struggled to get a... read more »

Sebastian Vettel fears Red Bull may not have "enough tyres to survive" Sunday's Malaysian GP after suffering severe degradation in practice... read more »

Australian GP winner Kimi Raikkonen has taken the top spot in the second free practice of the weekend, after a day of mixed weather conditions and massive tyre degradation.... read more »

Lotus technical director James Allison left Melbourne as a happy man, but he also immediately looks forward to the next challenge. In Malaysia, the set-up work will be mainly... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says the field will be heading into the Australian Grand Prix in the dark about the life of Pirelli's tyre compounds, explaining that the situation is... read more »

Esteban Gutierrez does not think tyre degradation over a race distance is that difficult to manage and says his main focus is on improving his use of the tyres over a hot lap read more »

Pirelli has downplayed concerns that the high levels of tyre degradation could be a major problem this season... read more »

Pirelli's Director of Motorsport Paul Hembery says the high levels of tyre degradation witnessed during pre-season testing will not be the norm in 2013. read more »

Despite complaints of degradation and graining, Jenson Button reckons this year's Pirelli tyres are easier to understand than last year's... read more »

The Formula One teams completed the second of 3 pre-season tests at Barcelona, with Friday the last of 4 day running on Circuit de Catalunya. Pirelli enjoyed seeing all... read more »

Pirelli are confident the severe tyre degradation at Barcelona will not be evident when the F1 circus heads to Australia... read more »

Jenson Button is certain the 2013 Pirelli Formula 1 tyres will offer a fair playing field despite their high degradation. read more »

Romain Grosjean revealed that carrying out a race simulation with the new Pirelli rubber was "very hard" due to the high degradation... read more »