Lewis Hamilton says he now believes his poor Russian Grand Prix Formula 1 weekend was due to "small things" that meant his Mercedes never got the Pirelli tyres... read more »

Although Pirelli have brought the hardest tyres to Spain, Sergio Perez reckons they should have gone the other way, all the way to the ultrasofts. read more »

Sergio Perez believes the hard-compound tyre available to Formula 1 drivers in this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix will only be good enough for "pictures" read more »

Mercedes and Ferrari's 2017 Formula 1 title battle will not be decided by tyre management despite its importance so far, predicts Valtteri Bottas read more »

We re going for the harder tyres... I m not sure if it ll help us or not but I just don t think it s going to be good for anyone." read more »

The Russian Grand Prix was always likely to be one of those races where, with the new 2017 combination of high drag cars and low degradation tyres, overtaking would be... read more »

Nico Hülkenberg pushed his tyres for 40 laps but was unable to move up from where he started. The Renault did at least show an improvement. read more »

Failing to get his tyres up to the correct operating temperature on his warm up cost the Canadian as he struggled for grip in the final sector in Q2. read more »

The key to qualifying was the preparation of the tyres on the warm-up lap, with some drivers choosing one, and others preferring two. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen believes traffic on his outlap and the resulting loss of tyre temperature cost him a shot at his first Formula 1 pole position in nine years read more »

SOCHI, Russia -- Marcus Ericsson says the combination of the smooth asphalt of the Sochi Autodrom and Pirelli's new 2017 tyres have set up a dilemma about how teams... read more »

Ferrari achieved a dominating lead as Mercedes struggled to get to grips with the purple walled ultra-soft tyres. read more »

Sochi is set to stage its fourth grand prix, meaning the track has hardly been "run in" and is smoother than what is normally observed. read more »

Mario Isola is expecting one-stop strategies to be the norm in Russia, but the choice of tyres for the teams could differ. read more »

Pirelli has ruled out the suggestion from Alain Prost that teams be allowed to 'pick 'n' mix' their tyres. read more »

The Bahrain Grand Prix was set to be a good acid test of the new F1 as it is generally one of the tracks with the most overtaking and we've seen strategy play a key part... read more »

Lewis Hamilton felt progress has been made during the opening day of the first in-season test of the season in Bahrain, especially when it came to the 2017 Pirelli tyres. read more »

Lewis Hamilton thinks this week's Bahrain Formula 1 test will be crucial for helping Mercedes answer its "question mark" over getting the best out of the 2017 tyres read more »

Valtteri Bottas was left to rue a "tricky race" as he struggled with his rear tyres at the Bahrain Grand Prix, dropping from the lead to third… read more »

SAKHIR, Bahrain -- Strategy at the Bahrain Grand Prix is likely to be dictated by rear tyre degradation. Make the super-softs last and drivers are looking at a standard... read more »

SAKHIR, Bahrain -- Pirelli has scheduled 25 days of testing across eight different circuits with all of Formula One's ten teams in order to develop next year's slick... read more »

Pirelli has confirmed its testing plans for its 2018-spec tyres, with all 10 teams set to take part in the running. read more »

Fighting for grip with his supersoft tyres, the Sahara Force India driver pulls off passes on both Felipe Massa and Daniil Kvyat. For more F1® videos, visit... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has apologised to everyone Mercedes for his slip off trying to get heat into his tyres behind the safety car read more »

Magnussen credits the early switch to the supersoft tyres as the pinnacle moment in securing those valued points. read more »