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 »

Pirelli would have preferred to test with a 2011-specification car this year, Paul Hembery has admitted. After writing off the 2009 Toyota as too outdated, F1′s tyre... read more »

The life of a tyre at Albert Park becomes very different over the course of the weekend as the circuit rubbers in and gets progressively faster. read more »

Pirelli's aggressive choice of tyre compounds this year will open up the possibility of more varied strategies from teams, reckons Lotus trackside operations director Alan... read more »

Pirelli is now launching its second season since returning to Formula 1 at the start of 2011. At the end of last year, numerous insiders and fans alike began to worry that... read more »

In Australia this weekend, the medium tyre has been nominated together with soft - the difference between them is expected to be in the region of six-tenths of a second per lap. read more »

Formula 1 governing body the FIA has announced a series of regulation changes ahead of next weekend's season opening Australian Grand Prix, with tyre allocation, the... read more »

Pirelli, Formula One's official tyre supplier, has announced that it will use a Renault R30 chassis this year to test its tyres. The car replaces the three year old... read more »

Tyre manufacturer Pirelli will make use of the Renault R30 for their testing program this year... read more »

Paul Hembery has admitted Pirelli’s new soft tyre might not degrade quick enough in 2012. The sport’s new supplier was lauded at the beginning of 2011 for... read more »

Pirelli has secured a Renault Formula One car from 2010 to use as a test car to develop its tyre range read more »

Formula 1's sole tyre manufacturer Pirelli has announced that it will be using Renault's R30 chassis for testing duties in the future, the car driven by Robert... read more »

Michael Schumacher is unconcerned by the level of soft tyre degradation experienced by the Mercedes team during the final pre-season Formula 1 test of 2012 at Barcelona this week. read more »

Michael Schumacher has revealed that Mercedes are not getting the same mileage from their Pirelli tyres as many of their rivals achieve... read more »

Michael Schumacher has revealed that tyre degradation is an area where Mercedes must improve, as well as admitting that some of the team's chief rivals were getting better... read more »

During the first day of the new winter test session at the Circuit de Catalunya, Caterham F1 Team driver Vitaly Petrov got behind the wheel for a long day of testing. The... read more »

Circuito de Catalunya, Barcelona – 1st March 2012 Driver: Vitaly Petrov Chassis: CT01-#3 Total laps: 123 Best lap: 1.24.876 Vitaly Petrov: “Today the car was working... 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 »

Paul Hembery says that Pirelli could look to be even more aggressive with its soft tyre compound after feeling it doesn't degrade quickly enough read more »