Pirelli brushed aside any grumbles about the supersoft option tyres being too short-lived in Melbourne, and said they'd worked just as intended. read more »

For the first time since Pirelli started supplying F1 tyres, the Italian firm opted to nominate the super soft and medium compound tyres to Albert Part for the Australian GP.... read more »

Australia race quotes: Pirelli read more »

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel claimed his 37th career pole position at the Australian Grand Prix using the P Zero Red supersoft, after an unusual qualifying that was split... read more »

Australia qualifying quotes: Pirelli 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 »

Lack of running due to rain during FP3 is down to the teams not Pirelli, Paul Hembery tells Pitpass read more »

Pirelli is confident its super-soft compound will act as a qualifying-style tyre at the Australian Grand Prix and force teams on to two- or three-stop strategies in... read more »

Friday's press conference with Eric Boullier (Lotus), Paul Hembery (Pirelli), Jean-Michel Jalinier (Renault Sport F1), Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren) and Toto Wolff (Mercedes). read more »

Pirelli's Paul Hembery expressed his pleasure that the 2013 tyre compounds were finally able to how what they were capable of in Australia on Friday. read more »

Australia Friday quotes: Pirelli read more »

Sebastian Vettel retained his place at the top of the timesheet and was again fastest in free practice 2. He did the same in FP1 with an apparent easy lap, perfectly timed on a... read more »

Uncertainty about the implications of Formula 1's aggressive new Pirelli tyres on qualifying and the race, rather than questions about the competitive order, are... read more »

The Australian Grand Prix will be a step into the unknown, according to Paul di Resta. Entering his third season in Formula One with Force India, the Scot believes the new... read more »

Australia preview quotes: Pirelli read more »

The 2013 Formula One season gets underway in Australia this weekend, with Pirelli supplying the new P Zero White medium and P Zero Red supersoft compounds: the first time that... read more »

Pirelli is supplying its new medium and supersoft compounds this weekend: the first time that such a nomination has been made by the Italian firm for the Albert Park circuit. read more »

Team principal Martin Whitmarsh says McLaren faced a few "headaches" with the MP4-28 during testing after struggling to get the new Pirelli tyres working in the cool... read more »

With just two weeks to go before the 2013 Formula One season gets underway in Melbourne, the final four-day test took place in Barcelona, with two days of wet weather followed... read more »

Ferrari are expecting the first race of the 2013 season to provide some 'surprises' and some 'shocks' as the teams failed to fully understand the Pirelli... read more »

After the pre-season tests Sebastian Vettel believes a lack of consistent running, largely due to the Pirelli tyres, not to mention the weather, has left everyone uncertain as... read more »

After twelve days of pre-season testing, Ferrari Technical Director Pat Fry believes that, as in 2012, understanding the Pirelli tyres will be the key in Melbourne and beyond. read more »

The final four-day test took place in Barcelona this week, with two days of wet weather followed by two days of dry running. This enabled the teams to sample the entire range... read more »

Sebastian Vettel said a lack of consistency from the Pirelli tyres has prevented Red Bull completing all its set-up work during pre-season testing read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes the lack of understanding about the new Pirelli tyres this season will help rookies like him in the opening races read more »