Felipe Massa admits he has taken a gamble by qualifying on the hard tyre for the Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

Lewis Hamilton has been handed a five-place grid penalty for the Bahrain Grand Prix after the Mercedes outfit were forced to change his gearbox. Hamilton suffered an... read more »

Lewis Hamilton will incur a five place grid penalty for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Brit suffered a left rear problem – thought to be either tyre or suspension... read more »

Fernando Alonso set the pace in final practice in Bahrain ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who did not set a medium tyre lap after being caught in traffic... read more »

Fernando Alonso set the pace in Saturday's final free practice at Sakhir, coming out on top during a late flurry of Medium tyre runs. The Ferrari driver posted a best... read more »

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery insists if he is company were to make changes it would be for the good of the grid and not just one team... read more »

Leading F1 Team Principals have expressed doubt over the likely success of proposals to make available an extra set of tyres in Practice One sessions if the rule is confined to... read more »

Already some drivers are completing more than 15 laps on the hard tyre, so we are certainly on track to see a three-stop strategy for the race, although it's possible that... read more »

Like many teams, we struggled to make the Option tyre last across a stint - that's likely to be a recurring problem throughout the rest of the weekend. read more »

Paul di Resta believes his Force India team's best chance of turning its impressive Friday practice pace into an equally strong Bahrain Grand Prix result is if tyre... read more »

Overall, a very positive day and no surprise that the key challenge revolves around tyre management with such high temperatures. In terms of our pace, it seems we are fighting... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has admitted Mercedes are facing up to their least competitive weekend of the season in Bahrain after struggling for speed and tyre consistency during... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen put Lotus atop the timesheets during Friday’s second practice session at the Bahrain International Circuit, recording a best effort... read more »

Pirelli boss Paul Hembery has revealed that eight of the teams have contacted them to ask specifically for there to be no change to the tyre specs, despite the criticism in... read more »

Jenson Button believes that there will be less room for manouevre when it comes to tyre strategy in Bahrain.     read more »

Jenson Button says he is slightly disappointed by Pirelli's decision to modify its tyre compound allocation for the Bahrain Grand Prix, with the Italian manufacturer... read more »

Felipe Massa set the pace in the opening practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix, delivering a personal best effort of 1:34.487 on the Hard compound tyre allocation. The... read more »

Jenson Button has come out in support of Pirelli's proposal to give an additional set of tyres to any team which runs a rookie driver during the first free practice... read more »

With both eyes already set on this weekend's Bahrain GP, Felipe Massa was still asked about the cause of his tyre issues last week at China. Importantly, the troubled... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is surprised at Pirelli's decision to drop the soft compound tyre for the Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

Romain Grosjean says the 2013 tyres are at the root of his problems this year but insists his confidence has not been knocked by his slow start to the year read more »

Pirelli's decision to switch its compound choice for the Bahrain Grand Prix was made several weeks ago and was not a reaction to what happened in China, AUTOSPORT has learned read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has leant his backing to the 2013 Pirelli tyres after recent criticism of the tyre manufacturer read more »

Sole Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has decided to make a late change to its allocation for the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, removing the Soft compound and replacing it with... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says he "doesn't understand" why some drivers are complaining about the Pirelli tyres amid heavy criticism levelled at the exclusive supplier. The... read more »