Bahrain 2012 is all about tyres, said Shanghai winner Nico Rosberg on Friday. More specifically, Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport revealed that the key to victory this... read more »

From what we can see so far the pace of both compounds is around 0.6 seconds apart and degradation is in line with expectations. But we still have a lot of data to go through. read more »

Fernando Alonso, 8th: "Traditionally, I've always gone well at this track, one of the few where I have won three times. And so it's always a pleasure to drive at... read more »

Bahrain Friday quotes: Pirelli read more »

Lewis Hamilton has started his Bahrain Grand Prix weekend in fine form, ending the session three tenths ahead of reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel. Paul di Resta came... read more »

Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes still has room for improvement in unlocking the secrets to Pirelli's tyres, despite its dominant victory in the Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Mark Webber thinks the Bahrain Grand Prix will be an interesting affair with DRS and Pirelli tyres both being used for the first time at the Sakhir circuit read more »

With Bahrain’s Sakhir International Circuit located in a desert, sand can quite often be blown onto the track, causing lack of grip for the cars. This was evident for Pirelli... read more »

Paul Hembery: "There are a number of technical challenges that we are anticipating for Bahrain, with the hot conditions in excess of 30 degrees centigrade read more »

Bahrain preview quotes: Pirelli read more »

Michael Schumacher hopes Mercedes can keep up its new-found winning pace at forthcoming races. Despite always qualifying strongly with its 'double-DRS', the German... read more »

Heading into the Chinese Grand Prix, Sauber looked set for another competitive race as Kamui Kobayashi lined up 3rd on the grid, his best qualifying position to date. However,... read more »

Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery says Nico Rosberg's emphatic win in the Chinese Grand Prix is evidence that Mercedes is making progress in learning how to unlock the... read more »

As expected, we saw a high degree of tyre degradation in the tough conditions of Shanghai, with the front-left tyre in particular coming under particular stress. read more »

Paul Hembery: "Many congratulations to Nico and to Mercedes for this thoroughly well-deserved victory, during which they exhibited a perfect understanding of how to get read more »

Michael Schumacher hopes Mercedes can keep up its new-found winning pace at forthcoming races. Despite always qualifying strongly with its ‘double-DRS’, the... read more »

China Sunday quotes: Pirelli read more »

Paul Hembery: "We'd like to congratulate Nico Rosberg and Mercedes on their achievements today. The way that Nico, Michael and the Mercedes used the tyres read more »

Tyre degradation in China is traditionally quite high: the teams were clearly trying to save tyres where they could today and tyre strategy is clearly going to be crucial. read more »

China Saturday quotes: Pirelli read more »

Paul Hembery: "The rain-affected first session was mainly used by the teams to establish crossover points between the intermediate and the slick tyres, which could read more »

We're expecting the difference between the soft and the medium tyre to be in the region of 0.6 seconds per lap, and we would anticipate between two and three pit stops per... read more »

China Friday quotes: Pirelli read more »

Daniel Ricciardo admits that he expected more speed when using Pirelli’s Option tyre in Shanghai on Friday. For the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, the softer of the two... read more »

Apr.12 (GMM) McLaren and Red Bull are the teams to bet money on after the early phase of the 2012 season. That is the view of Jaime Alguersuari, the former Toro Rosso driver... read more »