There will be no sudden surprises when it comes to tyre life in F1 2016, as Pirelli confirms that it expects more gradual degradation of its re-constructed race rubber. read more »

Pirelli F1 Racing Manager Mario Isola said he was satisfied with what he saw from the ultrasoft tyres, which were used during testing in Barcelona this week. read more »

Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have hailed the outfit's start to the 2016 season after the W07 Hybrid completed four full days of running during the... read more »

The fourth day of testing at Circuit de Catalunya ended with Kimi Raikkonen on top of the timesheet, the result of a laptime set late in the morning session using the ultra... read more »

Pirelli told to produce tyres which can be pushed to the limit in 2017 read more »

Kimi Raikkonen's lap time from the morning session on the ultra-soft tyres went unchallenged through to the chequered flag in Spain, a flag that came earlier for McLaren... read more »

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen returned the team to the top of the time sheets on the final day of the first pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Raikkonen set... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen put Ferrari back at the top of the timesheets on Thursday with a run on the ultra-soft Pirellis while Mercedes debuted a new nose... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen used the ultra soft tyres to set the pace on the fourth and final morning of the first pre-season Formula 1 test at Barcelona read more »

Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time of the morning session, and probably of the day, as he completed a number of quick laps on Pirelli's ultra soft tyres just before the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is not convinced the regulations agreed for 2017 will solve what he sees as the main issue with current F1 cars: weight. Teams have agreed to pursue a set of... read more »

Mercedes will continue to avoid showing its hand on the final day of the opening Formula 1 pre-season test, having opted not to use any soft tyres this week read more »

Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton has urged Formula 1's bosses to reduce the weight of the cars and labelled plans to make them 20kg heavier "ridiculous."... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg comfortably topped proceedings on the third day of the opening F1 test after being the only driver to set a time on the super-soft tyres read more »

Force India's Nico Hülkenberg posted the quickest time during a run on Super Soft tyres on the third day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.... read more »

Nico Rosberg praised Mercedes after his first full day in the W07 Hybrid but maintains that the squad needs to be innovative in order to stay ahead of the opposition.... read more »

Sebastian Vettel claimed back-to-back P1s in Spain as the Ferrari driver's 1:22.810 on the ultra-soft tyres meant he was seven-tenths up on his closest competition... read more »

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel continued to set the pace during the second day of testing in Spain, as he sampled Pirelli's Ultra Soft tyres for the first time. Vettel... read more »

Sebastian Vettel proved fastest once again in the morning session on day 2 of pre-season testing at Barcelona. Along with Ricciardo, he also debuted Pirelli's new ultra... read more »

Formula 1's first sighting of the ultra-soft Pirelli tyres in Spain this week resulted in blisteringly quick lap times with Sebastian Vettel posting a 1:22.810... read more »

Sebastian Vettel turned to Pirelli's new ultra-soft compound to again the set the fastest time on second day of pre-season Formula 1 testing before the lunchbreak read more »

Jenson Button hailed a positive first day with the MP4-31 and noted the vast improvements made regarding the energy deployment available from the Honda engine. McLaren was... read more »

F1 teams will have a greater freedom on which tyres to bring to the two pre-season tests at the Circuit de Catalunya in 2016. read more »

Something's got to change - but let it be the aero as well as the tyres read more »

Pirelli plans to change the design of its tyres to allow Formula 1 drivers to push closer to the limit during races. read more »