Almost the entire field opened their lap tallies on the medium tyres, barring the hard-shod Ferrari duo, and ownership over the fastest laptime quickly changed hands as the... read more »

With drivers forced to use the hard (Q1), medium (Q2) and soft (Q3) compounds in the three sessions on Saturday, rather than having complete free choice, it could serve to... read more »

The world champion produced a stunning drive to win the Miami GP from ninth of the grid after electing to take an alternative tyre strategy to the front runners.Verstappen was... read more »

The two drivers both had the option to run either a medium/hard or hard/medium one-stopper combination.From pole, Perez was in effect obliged to start on the medium as he... read more »

Having lost out on a shot to set a qualifying time on Saturday after botching his first run, he was denied a further chance by Charles Leclerc's late-session crash.Despite... read more »

Fernando's race was all about managing the strategy from the Medium to the Hard tyre. It worked out well for him. read more »

Perez started from pole with Verstappen down in ninth after the Dutchman failed to set a lap in Saturday's Q3 qualifying shootout.But starting on the hard compound,... read more »

His team-mate Sergio Perez led from pole position, running medium tyres like the majority of the field, while Verstappen started ninth on hards after his qualifying woes... read more »

The Dutchman won from ninth on the grid, after losing out on a shot to set a qualifying time on Saturday after botching his first run, and was denied a further chance by... read more »

Esteban Ocon was first on track and first to set a lap, posting a 1m31.125s on the medium compound which proved to be enough for an early edge over Lewis Hamilton on softs.The... read more »

Kevin Magnussen led the pack around at the start of the early running on the medium and hard tyres - the Dane therefore establishing the first place benchmark at 1m36.852s... read more »

Alongside Haas' Nico Hulkenberg, Alpine driver Ocon had completed the entire race on the hard tyre, hoping for a late red flag to give him a free, mandatory swap to a... read more »

In the end the team had nothing to gain by so doing and the anomaly in the regulations is set to be addressed before the next sprint event in Austria.McLaren could potentially... read more »

We now have a much better, in-depth understanding of the soft and medium compounds' behaviour in race conditions and that will allow us to define the best possible... read more »

As revealed by Autosport a loophole has emerged in the new sprint format regulations regarding the usage of tyres in the shootout.Drivers are obliged to use one set of new... read more »

The rule in question relates to tyre usage for the three-part Saturday shootout session that determines the grid for the sprint later in the day.The intent of the rule is that... read more »

Formula 1 president Stefano Domenicali says prospective new F1 teams must bring value to the championship in the medium to long term, as the deadline looms for formal... read more »

A one-stopper remains the optimal strategy, with medium-hard being theoretically fastest and soft-hard slightly slower. read more »

Verstappen led the pack out of the pits at the start of FP2, but it was Carlos Sainz who logged the first time to set the first place benchmark, the Spaniard putting in a... read more »

Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso led the way before rain influenced proceedings in second practice for Formula 1's Australian Grand Prix. The second one-hour session... read more »

Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc both lost ground to rivals ahead on the hards - having started on the medium and soft respectively - on their way to distant sixth and seventh... read more »

Mercedes has explained why it didn't swap its drivers after the Safety Car restart during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. On lap 18, both George Russell and Lewis Hamilton... read more »

Pirelli has revealed their expected strategies for the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and with the likes of Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc set to start the race out of... read more »

The constantly evolving track conditions and improvements to the setup that teams will make in FP3 suggest that a one-stop strategy using medium and soft is most likely for the... read more »

Mercedes have brought a new medium downforce rear wing to the F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.  read more »