Valtteri Bottas put in the quickest lap of the opening three days of 2020 pre-season testing on Friday with a 1:15.732 on the softest tyre compound - the C5. For more F1®... read more »

Valtteri Bottas slapped a set of the softest compound tyres onto his DAS-fitted W11 and laid down a 1:15.732 on Friday morning's session. read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas moved clear of the pack on the final morning of the opening Formula 1 test of 2020. After Bottas' session on Thursday was truncated by a... read more »

The second day of testing for the Formula One teams was another productive day, with good weather and solid reliability both present at Circuit de Catalunya. read more »

While Spa featured harder tyres compared to 2018, at Monza the softest choice is slightly softer than last year. read more »

Only Williams takes less sets of the softest (C3) rubber to Silverstone for British Grand Prix than Mercedes. read more »

Haas boss Guenther Steiner hopes that the softest Pirelli tyres avaliable for the Monaco Grand Prix can help the team continue their double points finish from Barcelona read more »

Max Verstappen admits Red Bull has a "bit of work to do" after struggling to extract performance from Pirelli's softest F1 tyre so far in Bahrain.  read more »

While the C5, the softest in Pirelli's 2019 range of compounds, will be used in Canada, it will make its GP debut in Monaco two weeks earlier. read more »

Pirelli to bring softest tyres to Monaco GP read more »

As Pirelli reveals the various tyre sets drivers will be using in Melbourne for the season opener, Renault leads the way in taking ten sets of the softest compound available,... read more »

Lando Norris topped the times for McLaren this afternoon, thanks to a late qualifying run on the softest tyre available. McLaren though did hit further reliability problems, as... read more »

Daniil Kvyat can be happy with his second day in the STR14. He rounded off an extremely productive day for Toro Rosso by going fastest on the softest C5 Pirelli tyres, just 15... read more »

To help distinguish them, the hardest and softest tyres available won't carry stripes on the sidewalls in pre-season testing confirms Pirelli. read more »

Such is the "surprising" gap between Pirelli's hypersoft tyres and the ultrasofts that even the top three teams will have to use the softest rubber to make it... read more »

The degradation of Formula 1's hypersoft tyres has been likened to driving in the wet after drivers struggled with the softest-compound Pirellis in Mexican Grand Prix practice read more »

Mercedes shows strong pace at Suzuka, while Ferrari, even on the softest compound, remains 0.9s adrift. read more »

Formula 1 world championship leader Lewis Hamilton led a dominant Mercedes one-two in the opening practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix despite avoiding Pirelli's... read more »

We are looking forward to fight in the midfield, especially against the cars that will have to start on the softest tyre. read more »

Formula One's sole tyre manufacturer Pirelli revealed the individual tyre selection for the forthcoming Italian Grand Prix. Of the top teams, Ferrari seems to be the... read more »

Ferrari development driver Antonio Giovinazzi set the pace on the opening day of the post-Hungarian GP tests, lowering the unofficial Hungaroring track record on Pirelli's... read more »

Ferrari and Red Bull drivers have very similar tyre allocation after the free practices and the qualifying session while the Mercedes duo sacrificed a set of soft tyres in the... read more »

Red Bull will have a more conservative allocation of Pirelli's softest-compound tyres than its Formula 1 rivals for the return of the French Grand Prix read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits Mercedes was unable to match Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly's marathon opening stint on the hypersoft tyres at Monaco, where it struggled with... read more »

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo has called upon Formula 1's tyre supplier to bring its softest compound to every grand prix read more »