Alfa Romeo's Valtteri Bottas is the latest driver to question Formula 1's controversial idea to get rid of tyre blankets next season. F1 had been looking at gradually... read more »
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Mercedes have explained why they put Lewis Hamilton and George Russell on different tyre strategies in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday. read more »
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Pirelli is considering extending its partnership for F1 after the FIA initiated the tender process to supply tyres between 2025-27. read more »
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Pirelli has confirmed its interest in the new tyre tender process to continue its supply of race rubber to Formula 1. However, it has not formally declared its decision to be... read more »
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The Saudi Arabia Grand Prix was a display in utter dominance from a Red Bull team who appear to have built one of the all-time great F1 race cars. read more »
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Ferrari arrived at the start of the season in Bahrain, with Charles Leclerc retiring from third place and Sainz struggling to keep up with Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso,... read more »
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The FIA has officially opened the tender process for tyres for the F1, F2 and F3 championships from 2025. read more »
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The FIA has launched an invitation process for tyre manufacturers to apply to become the exclusive provider for F1 from 2025. read more »
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Pirelli has been the sole provider of tyres to the series since 2011. This followed on from a one-make deal with Bridgestone, which also featured alongside Michelin in the last... read more »
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The FIA has officially launched the Invitation of Tender for the Single Supply of race tyres for the Formula 1 World Championship from the 2025 season. The tender covers 2025... read more »
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Carlos Sainz says high tyre degradation is costing Ferrari in their battle with rivals Mercedes and Aston Martin. read more »
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The third Saudi Arabian Grand Prix went largely as we expected it to; both from the point of view of strategies as well as that of tyre behaviour. read more »
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Sergio Perez is wary of Ferrari providing a more challenging threat to Red Bull in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this weekend. Red Bull coasted to a 1-2 finish at the... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has not held back in offering his thoughts on F1's decision to ban the use of tyre blankets from 2024. read more »
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Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen have criticised the introduction of a new tyre rule set to be trialled in qualifying sessions during the 2023 Formula 1 season. In a move... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton wasn't surprised Mercedes struggled with tyre degradation in the first race of F1 2023 after pointing it out to the team before the race. read more »
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Esteban Ocon has claimed that he wasn't the only driver that was out of position for the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Ocon was issued a five-second time penalty after... read more »
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The Italian squad had hoped to be able to lead the challenge against Red Bull in F1's season opener last weekend. But despite pushing its rival hard in qualifying, worse... read more »
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Carlos Sainz has expressed concern over the tyre degradation issues that saw Ferrari lose out on the final podium place to Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin in the Bahrain... read more »
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Fourth-starting Sainz was on course for third place when his Scuderia stablemate Charles Leclerc was forced to retire on lap 39 out of 57 with a suspected engine... read more »
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Formula One will experiment with the format of qualifying at two races this season, the first is likely to be Imola in May, but double world champion Max Verstappen and other... read more »
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Charles Leclerc expressed hope that Ferrari's Q3 tyre strategy will pay dividends in Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix but conceded Red Bull is likely to have strong... read more »
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The fact that this year's pole was around eight-tenths faster, in similar conditions, underlines the increased performance of the 2023 car-tyre package. read more »
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The gap to the very front isn't ridiculous considering we only ran one new soft tyre at the end of Q3. Nevertheless, it's not where we want to be and not what we had... read more »
Japanese Grand Prix
29th of March 2026
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| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Russell | 51 |
| 2 | Kimi Antonelli | 47 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | 34 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 33 |
| 5 | Oliver Bearman | 17 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | 15 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | 9 |
| 8 | Max Verstappen | 8 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 8 |
| 10 | Arvid Lindblad | 4 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 98 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 67 |
| 3 | McLaren | 18 |
| 4 | Haas F1 Team | 17 |
| 5 | Red Bull Racing | 12 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 12 |
| 7 | Alpine | 10 |
| 8 | Audi | 2 |
| 9 | Williams | 2 |
| 10 | Cadillac | 0 |