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 »

Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen says he cannot understand why people are complaining about Pirelli’s tyres. Several drivers, most vocally Mark Webber, have complained... read more »

Following Ferrari's first victory of the season in Shanghai, Team Principal Stefano Domenicali is keeping his feet firmly planted on the ground ahead of this... read more »

Formula 1 tyre suppliers Pirelli decide not to use their soft tyres at the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend. read more »

Pirelli switches to the medium and hard compound tyres for the Bahrain Grand Prix having previously planned to use the hard and soft rubber     read more »

Pirelli has changed its compound choices for the Bahrain Grand Prix, switching the soft compound for medium ahead of next weekend's race read more »

Pirelli has reacted to the recent criticism it faced in China after the soft tyre degraded quicker than expected, on average lasting just six laps. The Italian... read more »

Pirelli have revised their tyre allocation for this weekend's Bahrain GP with the medium compound to be used instead of the soft, Sky Sports Online can confirm. read more »

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg is expecting the struggle with Pirelli's new-for-2013 tyre compounds to continue at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, after the... read more »