As has become the norm for street circuits, Pirelli has selected the three softest compounds in the race, namely the C3, the C4 and the C5, as was the case in 2023. read more »

Carlos Sainz topped FP2 at Formula 1's 2024 Mexican Grand Prix, where George Russell crashed hard, Max Verstappen suffered repeat engine issues and the running was... read more »

FP2 will be entirely given over to validating the softer compounds in Pirelli's 2025 range (C4, C5 and C6) in what is known as an in-competition test. read more »

The C5, clearly quicker over a flying lap, with a performance difference to the C4 of around 6 to 7 tenths, will need to be managed carefully in order to extract all its potential. read more »

This weekend it is likely that the C3 and C4 will be favoured in the race while the C5 will have its moment of glory in qualifying. read more »

Pirelli is assessing whether a compound that is even softer than the current softest of its five-compound range, the C5 tyre could add to the excitement of races in the future. read more »

Pirelli's choice of slick tyre compounds falls to the three softest available this year, which means the C3 as Hard, the C4 as Medium and the C5 as Soft. read more »

The C3 and C4 appear to be competitive over a long run and, fairly predictably, they will be the most popular choices for the race, with C5 eventually being an option for the... read more »

Only moments before, Verstappen had pipped Carlos Sainz by 0.057s as the Ferrari driver spent much of the hour on top owing to his performance on the medium tyre earlier on in... read more »

Formula One's tyre manufacturer Pirelli have brought the three softest compounds of its 2024 tyre range to Melbourne with the C5 compound making its debut at the... read more »

Traditionally, the event has been seen as a one-stopper, but this year Pirelli opted to go a step softer than previously and bring its C3, C4 and C5 compounds in an attempt to... read more »

Pirelli has confirmed that it will bring its softest tyre compounds for this weekend’s Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, including the scarcely used C5 compound. The move means... read more »

Charles Leclerc ensured that Ferrari remained at the top of the timesheets as the curtain came down on pre-season testing ahead of the 2024 Formula 1 season. The Monegasque... read more »

It's hard to see the C5 coming into play, unless someone wants to gamble in the final stages on exploiting the Soft's grip advantage over a used Hard, with a lighter car. read more »

We've selected the softest three compounds, with C3 as the hard, C4 as the medium, and C5 as the soft. This is the same choice as last year. read more »

In Mexico the teams will have C3 as hard, C4 as medium and C5 as soft: one step softer compared to 2022. Mexico also gives us the chance to try out a new variant of the C4. read more »

Pirelli looks likely to avoid making any revisions to the C2 tyre compound for the 2024 Formula 1 season after conducting tests during the Japanese Grand Prix last month. F1’s... read more »

F1's official tyre supplier has been evaluating some minor tweaks to next year's tyre compound selection in a bid to tidy up some minor issues.One of the areas it... read more »

Pirelli's Mario Isola believes the decision to bring the C3, C4 and C5 compounds to Hungary was the right one amid the first weekend of the Alternative Tyre Allocation in... read more »

Pirelli's Mario Isola is expecting the C5 tyre to only appear during qualifying this weekend, at the Canadian Grand Prix. read more »

With times at the Bahrain International Circuit improving as teams shifted to more performance work, Leclerc clocked a 1m31.024s on Pirelli's C5 tyres to lead... read more »

A late dash from Guanyu Zhou saw Alfa Romeo marginally top the times in Bahrain on the second day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in 2023. Zhou, one of three drivers to be... read more »

Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu ended the second day of pre-season testing from the Bahrain International Circuit as the fastest driver. Zhou's fastest lap came in the final... read more »

Pirelli has confirmed that it will add an additional slick tyre compound to its range for the 2023 Formula 1 season. The new compound will be named the C0, accompanying the... read more »

Pirelli will bring their softest compound step to the Austrian Grand Prix, the C3, C4 and C5 tyres, which Pirelli Motorsport Director Mario Isola believes will place emphasis... read more »