Sebastian Vettel says his decision to qualify on hard tyres at the Malaysian Grand Prix was not part of a wider strategy but due to his struggles on the medium compound read more »

Sebastian Vettel is looking to tactically find a way into the Malaysian Grand Prix battle by using a different tyre strategy. The Champion, who starts fifth on the grid, is the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes that managing his tyres correctly will be the key factor in deciding Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix, after taking pole position for the race read more »

Pirelli is predicting a three-stop strategy for frontrunning teams in the Malaysian Grand Prix - with there being a high chance some drivers may opt to qualify on the harder... read more »

The Williams F1 Team had a constructive first day of the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend. The objectives for the day were aero evaluations, set-up work and tyre runs. The team... read more »

Ferrari were quick to stress that their drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa were concentrating on set-up work, aerodynamics and tyre wear on Friday rather than raw pace. read more »

Pirelli believes too much has been made of tyre degradation issues at Mercedes - and believes deeper analysis of the Australian race shows its issues are not as bad as some... read more »

Jenson Button says he is chasing single-lap performance ahead of qualifying despite high levels of tyre degradation in Malaysia read more »

We knew that tyre management would play a key role over the weekend and it was immeditaly clear this morning that degradation levels on both tyre compounds are going to be high. read more »

Balance problems, tyre degradation and another gearbox reliability issue frustrated Sauber's efforts during Friday's practice sessions in Malaysia. read more »

Romain Grosjean had his afternoon running in Malaysia limited by a cut tyre picked up during practice read more »

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has ended FP1 fastest in Malaysia ahead of reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel, with the heat causing high amounts of tyre wear up and down... read more »

Mercedes has faith that it can get on top of the tyre degradation issues that hampered its race performance in the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Sepang is one of the toughest tracks of the year for the tyres, because of the both the weather and track conditions. read more »

Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes might have to compromise its qualifying performance in Malaysia this weekend to avoid a repeat of the tyre problems it suffered in the Australian... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi believes that Sauber still has work to do to solve the tyre warm-up problems that blighted its qualifying performances last season. read more »

Tyre degradation will be the key feature of this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur. This is the view of Caterham F1 Technical Director Mark Smith, who is... read more »

The hardest and most durable tyre of Pirelli's F1 range, will make its debut at Sepang for a race that pushes tyres to the limits due to extremes of weather. read more »

Nico Rosberg believes his Mercedes team can quickly get on the top of the tyre degradation issues which hampered its chances in Australia. read more »

Despite attempting to downplay their tyre degradation rate during pre-season testing, Ross Brawn admits it was a problem in the Australian GP... read more »

Full details of each driver's tyre strategy during the Qantas Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Felipe Massa blamed his dismal performance at the Australian Grand Prix on a poor balance in his Ferrari, which resulted in excessive tyre degradation read more »

Nico Rosberg said Mercedes "weren't where we wanted to be" in the Australian Grand Prix due to tyre degradation issues read more »

Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn blamed tyre degradation for the disappointing end to the squad's Australian Grand Prix weekend read more »

Williams focused today on aerodynamic evaluation and on testing the different tyre compounds as much as possible. The team though saw its running cut short as the weather... read more »