Pirelli believes that the tyre strategy for the Indian Grand Prix will be a near-repeat of that executed in Korea - with wear rather than degradation being the key consideration read more »

McLaren's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton have both admitted there is work to be done in regards to set up if they're to be in the fight for pole position on... read more »

Felipe Massa blames tyre degradation for his failure to score his first F1 podium for nearly two years at the Italian GP. read more »

Mark Webber's spin towards the end of the Italian Grand Prix was simply caused by tyre degradation and team principal Christian Horner said there was no choice but to... read more »

Massive tyre degradation denied Felipe Massa a podium in front of Ferrari's Tifosi at Monza, according to the under-fire Brazilian read more »

Felipe Massa admits that Ferrari's high tyre degradation was unfortunate but that he was glad he could be of help to Fernando Alonso... read more »

Formula 1 teams are facing a tough call on tyre strategy for the Italian Grand Prix because of the low degradation experienced so far, claim leading team bosses read more »

We're confident that - with the amount of downforce we have on the car - we can have a strong race. Our tyre degradation is generally less than some of our rivals so that... read more »

Pirelli is predicting a straightforward one-stop strategy at the Italian Grand Prix thanks to the low degradation shown so far read more »

Mercedes' powerful engine could be the cause of increased rear-tyre wear for its customers; McLaren, Mercedes and Force India, according to a report in Germany's Auto... read more »

Paul Hembery: "Because of the mixed conditions up to today, the teams were still lacking dry running with the soft tyre on full fuel heading into the race, so they all... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg, 11th: "A very difficult race, to be honest. I struggled a lot with the balance this afternoon and we just didn't have good enough pace. The rear tyre... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne, 16th: “I feel I got the most out of the car we have at the moment and don’t think I could have gone much quicker. We improved our... read more »

Pirelli produces compounds that are characterised by consistent and identical quality for all the teams. The behaviour of the tyres is influenced by various technical and usage... read more »

Sergio Perez says the Sauber is not as easy on its tyres as people think and that the team is actually struggling to manage a problem with degradation read more »

Paul Hembery: "Hungary will provide a very stark contrast to the circuits that we have just come from, being the slowest permanent track on the calendar. This does not... read more »

Vitaly Petrov, 16th: "I am pleased with my performance today. It was a pretty quiet race for me and the car felt good right from the first lap, so I think I got as much... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg highlighted tyre degradation as the reason why he slipped to ninth place in the German Grand Prix read more »

We have a greater potential and our options are open for tomorrow's race which will surely be dry. The degradation of the tyres isn't very high so we will go for a... read more »

Pirelli remains at the centre of the F1 ‘show’, but a new analysis proves that the marque’s tyres in 2012 are less fragile than last year.... read more »

Pastor Maldonado says he won't change his approach to racing following a spate of incidents which have led to various penalties. The Venezuelan spectacularly put Williams... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 20th: "The truth is the race went well. We had to gamble a bit with the strategy and try something different because, in our position, if you do the same... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 17th: "The truth is that I gave it my all in this race, I emptied myself, and I'm satisfied. It was a very long race and towards the end, right in... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen, 2nd: "Second place is okay but the win is what I really wanted. We didn't quite have the pace for it today. I got a good start but I was blocked by... read more »

Sergio Perez, 9th: "It was a difficult race today. We risked quite a lot with our strategy and in the end the tyre degradation was huge. You can say two points are not a... read more »