After starting 22nd in Bahrain, Michael Schumacher could only rise as high as tenth at Sakhir on Sunday. In the process, the Mercedes driver scored one point but after the race... read more »

Michael Schumacher has criticised Pirelli for the way in which their tyres degrade during a race, which means drivers are forced to race conservatively. The Mercedes driver... read more »

Pirelli says it is surprised at accusations from Michael Schumacher that the current generation of tyres are not allowing drivers to push their cars to the limit. read more »

This was certainly a very technically challenging race, on a circuit that we had never experienced in racing conditions before. read more »

Paul Hembery: "This was certainly a very technically challenging race, on a circuit that we had never experienced in racing conditions before. Nonetheless, we chose to... read more »

Bahrain Sunday quotes: Pirelli read more »

In terms of the speed differential between the tyres, we're still expecting 0.6-0.8 seconds between the two compounds or maybe a bit less. Tyre degradation is certainly... read more »

Paul Hembery: "We've seen a great job from Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull, who demonstrated their ability to get the most out of the tyres by extracting every last bit... read more »

Bahrain Saturday quotes: Pirelli read more »

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 »

Pirelli admits that it still has to understand how long its tyres will last in the heat and dust of Bahrain. read more »

Pirelli has played down suggestions that Mercedes could face tyre dramas in Bahrain - by revealing that the team is not suffering any more than its rivals read more »

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 »