Vitaly Petrov, 16th: "I am pleased with my performance today. It was a pretty quiet race for me and the car felt good right from the first lap, so I think I got as much... read more »

Mark Webber, 4th: "I'm very happy with that, obviously it's been a tough weekend up until today, but you never know what's going to happen. In the middle of... read more »

Michael Schumacher, 7th: "Our work was pretty typical of a normal Friday, however we used the softer tyre this morning to make sure that we could complete our full... read more »

Jenson Button was quickest on Friday in Barcelona, putting his McLaren top with a time of 1:23.254, just over a tenth and a half quicker than Sebastian Vettel. The German... read more »

McLaren’s Jenson Button has ended the second practice session at the Circuit de Catalunya fastest, ahead of reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel and the Mercedes of Nico... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa: "The Spanish Grand Prix is the most important race for a Spanish driver, but this time it will be even more special for me because I'm racing with a... 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 »

Nico Rosberg has finished practice two fastest in Bahrain, continuing on from his success in China where he won his maiden Grand Prix victory. The Red Bulls showed competitive... 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 »

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 »

Pirelli is open to the idea of making its softer tyre more aggressive later this year if the compound does not deliver the high levels of degradation it is hoping for read more »

Kamui Kobayashi believes the softer compounds supplied by Pirelli in 2012 should help the team in races read more »

Pirelli have unveiled their new tyres for the 2012 Formula One championship. All four dry weather tyres will be more squarer and be made of softer compounds to compensate for... read more »

Jan.25 (GMM) Pirelli's tyres for 2012 are brighter, squarer and softer, the Italian marque announced on Wednesday. F1's official supplier had summoned F1... read more »

Pirelli has launched its new tyre compounds for 2012, with 'squarer' and softer options being supplied to the teams read more »

Pirelli hopes the introduction of softer compounds will help reverse the trend seen towards the end of the season, in which teams got to grips read more »

Jaime Alguersuari, 11th: “This was a difficult race right from the start, with low grip in the first stint on the softer tyre, especially in read more »

Pirelli have denied they are intentionally introducing softer tyres in order to favour Ferrari next season, though the Italian company admits the tyres probably will read more »

Jenson Button admitted he struggled to get any speed out of the softer Pirelli tyre in Brazilian Grand Prix practice - but is generally confident in his McLaren's pace... read more »

Nov.24 (GMM) Ferrari will be happy with the move towards even softer tyre compounds for 2012, Pirelli's F1 chief Paul Hembery has admitted. The famous Italian team has... read more »

Contrary to convention, the softer tyre has been nominated as the prime choice in India with the harder tyre as the option. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has points to the RB7's performance on the softer Pirelli tyre as being a key to his result in the Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Formula 1 teams are set to face a major tyre strategy dilemma ahead of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix thanks to the high degradation experienced so far on the softer... read more »

Aug.12 (GMM) Paul Hembery has taken time out of the August break to confirm rumours that qualifying tyres are on the agenda for the future. We reported in June that... read more »

Aug.4 (GMM) Pirelli has called off Ken Block's test in the 2009 Toyota. The 43-year-old American was scheduled to drive the car this week at Monza, as F1's official... read more »