In the first competitive session of the new season, the French racer completed a qualifying simulation with 12 minutes of the hour remaining to the head the timing screens.Shod... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has criticised Pirelli for supplying tyres that are "worse this year" ahead of the F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

The 2022 FIA Formula 1 World Championship kicks-off this weekend with the Bahrain Grand Prix, Pirelli's first chance to use the new 18-inch tyres across a Grand Prix. read more »

It's hard to predict the race strategy as, in the past, Bahrain has been a multi-stop race, but it will be interesting to see if anyone will try something different this year. read more »

Admitting that it is difficult to evaluate the performance gaps between the compounds, Pirelli's Mario Isola believes them to be higher than originally thought. read more »

Gaps of about 0.5 seconds were expected, but it turns out they are bigger. read more »

As the Official Pre-Season Test came to a close, Pirelli have noted that the gap between the different tyre compounds has been higher than initially predicted. read more »

World Champion Max Verstappen set the fastest time as Formula 1's second pre-season test came to a close in Bahrain on Saturday. Verstappen moved to the front of the... read more »

Perez used Pirelli's soft C4 tyres to set a 1m33.105s lap, comfortably holding top position until the lunchtime interval.Alfa Romeo's rookie Guanyu Zhou was second on... read more »

Sainz took over the lead from Alpine's Esteban Ocon, who had been fastest in the morning session, with some 90 minutes to go in the session. The Spaniard first set a... read more »

Isola said that a stronger rear tyre encourages understeer, and admitted that it's easier to lock the fronts than it was last year.He agreed that the 2022 cars are... read more »

AlphaTauri racer Gasly had used the cooler conditions as dusk arrived over the Sakhir circuit late into the four-hour afternoon session to bolt to the top of the timing... read more »

Pirelli have confirmed the tyre compounds for the Bahrain, Saudi Arabian and Australian GPs. read more »

Pirelli has revealed the tyre compounds it will bring to the Bahrain, Saudi Arabian and Australian Grand Prix in 2022. read more »

Australian Grand Prix to feature step jump as Pirelli skips C4 compound on F1's return to a significantly upgraded Albert Park for the first time since 2019. read more »

Pirelli has announced the tyres that it will bring to the opening three races of the 2022 Formula 1 season, which includes a skip of the C4 compound for Australia. Melbourne... read more »

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz believes the performance gap between Pirelli's five compounds is wider than ever this season. read more »

Lance Stroll is concerned Pirelli's new 18-inch tyres hold similar characteristics to its previous generation of tyres. read more »

Pirelli believe they have avoided a "dangerous" gap with their 2022 tyres were neither the wets nor inters are suitable. read more »

It was a productive test for Pirelli in Spain as they learned how their new-for-2022 eighteen-inch tyres worked alongside the 2022 Formula 1 cars. read more »

Sam Collins and Rosanna Tennant look back on the final day of pre-season running in Barcelona. 02:26 Mario Isola, Pirelli's Head of F1 and Racing, assesses the new 2022... read more »

Pirelli's Mario Isola believes that, based on what was seen in testing, it is "probable" that by the end of the season the cars will be quicker than in 2021. read more »

Pirelli is carrying out wet weather running during the final afternoon of Formula 1's opening pre-season test at Barcelona.  read more »

During the lunch break on F1's final day of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the circuit will be sprayed with water to replicate full wet conditions, with... read more »

Formula 1 will round out its opening three-day test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Friday. As per previous days running will take place from 09:00 to 13:00 and from... read more »