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 »

Pirelli have announced that all four of their dry compounds will be used in the next three races from medium to hard and supersoft to soft... read more »

Pirelli has confirmed which tyre compounds it will bring to the next three races; Belgium, Italy and Singapore. The Belgian GP in a months time will see the medium and hard... read more »

Pirelli has announced the first three tyre nominations for the second half of the 2012 season in Belgium, Italy and Singapore. At Spa, the home of the Belgian Grand Prix, the P... 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 »

Sergio Perez, 14th: "I'm afraid there isn't much to say today. We were just lacking the pace. We tried to stretch my first stint for a different strategy, but in... read more »

Qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, where the P Zero White medium and P Zero Yellow soft tyres have been nominated, got underway in 30 degrees centigrade ambient... read more »

We're expecting a difference of about 0.8s per lap between the soft and the medium tyres in dry conditions but with so many variables we seem set for another unpredictable... read more »

Q: There was very little dry running during practice and qualifying. How did that impact on the performance of the Williams Renault FW34 during the dry race? Mark Gillan, Chief... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi: "In the past our car has not been brilliant on tracks like the Hungaroring, but with this year's car it's different. The Sauber C31 has proven... read more »

Pirelli heads to Hungary with the hope that it will pick up much more information about its Slick tyres compounds than it did last year, when the Hungaroring race was affected... 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 »

Kamui Kobayashi, 4th: "I am very happy for the team that we have managed to get a good result again. We have been unlucky in the two most recent races, and also had a bad... read more »

With rain once again dominating qualifying, just as it did in Silverstone two weeks ago, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso has taken his second consecutive pole position in wet... read more »

In a brand new feature our Features Editor Daniel Chalmers gives his opinions on questions from The F1 Times readers. Do you think another driver can win a race this season?... read more »

Ferrari are hopeful of carrying much speed through the Hangar Straight speed trap at Silverstone, as Felipe Massa delights in the momentum which he and Fernando Alonso are... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi: “I’m really looking forward to this race, and my expectations are quite high. Silverstone is one of my favourite circuits. Our cars were... read more »

Pastor Maldonado will be avoiding Pirelli’s Soft compound for as long as possible in Valencia on Sunday as. Although the less durable tyre is the quicker one, his... read more »

The European Grand Prix, second event in the World Championship taking place in Spain, got underway today at the Valencia Street Circuit with the first 90 minutes of practice... read more »

Paul Hembery: “From what we can see initially, the time difference between the two tyre compounds is in the region of 0.3-0.5s, and this only emphasises how close the... read more »

Bruno Senna, 5th: It was a good day and we managed to fulfil our test programme. It would have been useful to have done a few more miles but we have still gathered a lot of... read more »

Paul Di Resta, 6th: "When I got in the car this morning the baseline set-up was a good starting point and I didn't really change that much for the rest of the day.... read more »

Michael Schumacher, 4th: "Our work today was reasonably good, with obviously a lot of data to be confirmed now in our technical briefings before qualifying. The second... read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: Following the last two sets of race results we are keen to continue to demonstrate our team's improvement and ensure both cars come... read more »

Paul Hembery: "Valencia could not present a bigger contrast to the street circuits that have come before it: the track is faster and the temperatures higher, with plenty... read more »