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 »
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The first race in Bahrain was all about traction and braking but Jeddah instead focuses on lateral forces, with completely different characteristics to Sakhir. read more »
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Pirelli have confirmed that the compounds available for this weekend's Saudi Arabian GP are the same as last season's epic fight. read more »
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All the teams stopped at least twice, but we saw a number of different choices for the second and third stints. read more »
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The fact that this year's pole was around eight-tenths faster, in similar conditions, underlines the increased performance of the 2023 car-tyre package. read more »
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Ride onboard as the reigning world champ powers his way around the Bahrain International Circuit. For more F1® videos, visit https://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®:... read more »
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Degradation is in line with our simulations as well as the data recorded during the three days of testing last week, on some of the most abrasive asphalt of the year. read more »
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Pirelli has revamped its rubber for 2023 in a bid to make the fronts stronger, which is aimed at dialling out the understeer that became a common factor throughout last... read more »
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Pirelli is set to bring the C1, C2 and C3 compounds to the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »
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A decision on next year will be made in July, and in the interim Pirelli has to develop and test tyres that the drivers, teams and the FIA are satisfied with. It's not... read more »
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Pirelli's new C1 compound, which fills the gap between the hardest C0 (used as the C1 in 2022) and the C2, makes its debut at Sakhir this weekend. read more »
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TV coverage showed the car bottoming heavily at times during the test as it appeared to tend towards bouncing.However, Harman insisted that was a result of experiments that... read more »
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Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly did not feature that high on timing screens over the three-day pre-season test in Sakhir as the team focused on longer runs and experimentation... read more »
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Under a searing sun the opening phase of the final opportunity to test ahead of next week's Bahrain Grand Prix was dominated by longer runs, with Perez moving up the order... read more »
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Seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton has opposed the proposal to ban tyre blankets for the 2024 season. Tyre blankets have been utilised in F1 for some time and... read more »
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After a series of quick laps on Pirelli's softer compounds, Charles Leclerc found himself on top of the board with a time of 1m31.024s, beating Mercedes racer George... read more »
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With times at the Bahrain International Circuit improving as teams shifted to more performance work, Leclerc clocked a 1m31.024s on Pirelli's C5 tyres to lead... read more »
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Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu set the fastest time of F1 pre-season testing so far in Bahrain with a late push lap on the red-walled Pirelli tyre while reigning world champion... read more »
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On a hot Friday morning Haas' Kevin Magnussen led the early running with a first representative time, a 1m33.710s on Pirelli's mid-range C3 compound.Sainz then... read more »
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Official supplier Pirelli has been making preparations for F1 to abandon the use of tyre warmers from next year as part of a wider push to improve grand prix racing's... read more »
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Pirelli F1 boss Mario Isola has revealed the reasoning behind the introduction of a new wet weather compound this season. read more »
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Pirelli Formula 1 boss Mario Isola says that he is confident drivers will be content with the new wet weather tyre that will be introduced later this year. From the Imola... read more »
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Although the tyre compounds remaining unchanged from 2022 - other than the addition of a new C1, with the previous tyre of that specification becoming a new C0 to close the... read more »
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The change of specification was formally approved at today's meeting of the F1 Commission, which was held at the F1 organisation's HQ in London.An F1/FIA statement... read more »
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Pirelli has announced that its new tyre compound for this season is amongst those which have been chosen for the season's opening three races. read more »
Japanese Grand Prix
29th of March 2026
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| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | George Russell | 51 |
| 2 | Kimi Antonelli | 47 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | 34 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 33 |
| 5 | Oliver Bearman | 17 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | 15 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | 9 |
| 8 | Max Verstappen | 8 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 8 |
| 10 | Arvid Lindblad | 4 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 98 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 67 |
| 3 | McLaren | 18 |
| 4 | Haas F1 Team | 17 |
| 5 | Red Bull Racing | 12 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 12 |
| 7 | Alpine | 10 |
| 8 | Audi | 2 |
| 9 | Williams | 2 |
| 10 | Cadillac | 0 |