In the fear of afternoon rain, which came down heavily but only after the second practice session, Red Bull elected to run Pirelli’s Super Soft tyres in the opening... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 4th: “We ran the super soft tyres this morning thinking there would be rain this afternoon; in the end it didn’t come but you never know... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 6th: "I am happy as we had a very smooth day today. It was nice that the weather conditions remained stable and the rain only came after the second free... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen: “First I want to say thank you to the team for doing a great job and getting the car fixed and ready for most of FP2. I made a mistake on the exit... read more »

As the 2012 F1 season moves into its seventh round in Canada, discovering the magic touch with tyres remains the hot topic. Although teams may be closer to understanding how to... read more »

Lewis Hamilton had the measure of his rivals in Friday's first practice in Montreal as the McLaren driver set the pace despite using the slower tyres... read more »

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the opening practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix. Hamilton set his quickest lap time on the prime tyres fairly early on in the... read more »

Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes ever stronger form is set for a further boost soon, with the team confident it can unlock the secrets of the 2012 tyres read more »

As the teams get ready to kick off the Canadian GP weekend, Fernando Alonso faced the press to talk about the circuit and his prospects for the race. Surprisingly, he downplays... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen believes the track surface at Montreal should suit the supersoft Pirelli tyres. read more »

Jacques Villeneuve has hit out at the current state of Formula 1, ranging from the unpredictable nature of the recent results, the Pirelli tyres and the 'childish'... read more »

Paul di Resta Paul, you finished seventh last time out – your first points in Monaco. All in all an excellent weekend… I think it was another weekend where... read more »

When Jenson Button is at ease with his car he is brilliant, but when he isn’t the tightness of the F1 grid in 2012 is proving costly for him. The Australian GP was... read more »

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery believes that tyres could play a big role at the Canadian Grand Prix... read more »

The two softest tyres in Pirelli's range - the supersoft and soft - return for the Canadian Grand Prix, but they will face a very different challenge to Monaco two weeks ago. read more »

Paul Hembery is adamant the drivers still have a "huge" role to play in race weekends despite several saying the tyres now dominate the show.. read more »

Kamui Kobayashi: "At the circuit in Montreal there are long straights but also slow corners. I think our car seems to be okay for this. I hope there we can have the... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen: “Montreal is a very cool track. It’s a temporary street circuit with a couple of long straights and low downforce settings and that makes... read more »

Fernando Alonso has thrown his support behind his team-mate Felipe Massa, who has struggled to match the Spaniard in race conditions. Massa currently sits 14th in the... read more »

Eric Boullier has revealed Lotus' E20 doesn't like cool conditions, struggling to get the most out of its tyres when the temperatures drop... read more »

Pirelli is preparing to test a harder-compound tyre, as criticism of the 2012 'lottery' fires up. The dilemma for F1's tyre supplier is that it was specifically... read more »

Pirelli is preparing to test a harder-compound tyre, as criticism of the 2012 ‘lottery’ fires up. The dilemma for F1′s tyre supplier is that it... read more »

Monaco Grand Prix winner Mark Webber has dismissed speculation that he deliberately backed up the chasing pack – consisting of Nico Rosberg, Fernando Alonso, Lewis... read more »

Mark Webber has rubbished suggestions he backed up the train of cars behind him intentionally, in order to benefit Sebastian Vettel's race position. The German managed to... read more »

Q:  Mark, it was a frustrating weekend for Williams F1 in Monaco. So much potential, yet the team only got one world championship point. How competitive was the FW34... read more »