The early safety car gave the tyres some respite, but the soft performed better than expected, with very low levels of degradation despite the warm temperatures. read more »

It was always going to be difficult for Formula 1's first sprint qualifying race to live up to the hype that had been building around it for weeks.Hopes of 100km of flat... read more »

Mercedes believes its prospects at Formula 1’s Styrian Grand Prix may have been accentuated by trialling a "wacky" set-up direction that exacerbated tyre degradation.... read more »

Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel was left cursing his luck after struggling with traffic and tyre degradation in a lacklustre Styrian Grand Prix. read more »

Carlos Sainz said he partially expected to be knocked out of qualifying in Q2 in Styria with continuing concerns over Ferrari's tyre degradation issue. read more »

Charles Leclerc has revealed he felt "helpless" as he tried to adapt his driving style to overcome Ferrari's problems with tyre degradation during the French... read more »

Neither Carlos Sainz Jr. nor Charles Leclerc scored points in the French Grand Prix as Ferrari endured a difficult day of heavy tyre degradation. read more »

Mercedes' strategy calls and heavier than expected tyre degradation were part of the cause of their loss to Red Bull in Sunday's French Grand Prix. read more »

Neither Leclerc nor Carlos Sainz Jr were able to keep their tyres alive long enough to match the lap times of their rivals, and their pace drop off and need for extra stops saw... read more »

Carlos Sainz cited tyre degradation as the reason why Ferrari "got something really wrong" in their French Grand Prix horror show. read more »

Although Friday's long run analysis pointed towards a simple one-stop strategy, the 61st French Grand Prix turned into a fierce strategy battle between Red Bull and... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo revelled in watching McLaren's rivals "suffer and sweat" with tyre degradation after a "crazy" French Grand Prix. read more »

Pirelli head Mario Isola has promised that, in terms of tyre degradation, it will be a "different story" in 2022. read more »

AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda insisted he wasn't 'pushing too hard' when crashing out of second practice for the Monaco Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes have identified Red Bull's tyre degradation over a long distance as their title rival's main weakness. read more »

Sainz qualified sixth for his home race in Barcelona, two places and one tenth shy of teammate Charles Leclerc.But Ferrari struggled on the medium tyres during last... read more »

Formula One's sole tyre supplier Pirelli expects drivers to execute a two-stop strategy at today's Spanish Grand Prix given the high wear and degradation experienced... read more »

Barcelona can be difficult with high tyre degradation and history has shown that we tend to struggle here, so Sunday will be interesting. read more »

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli expects a two-stop strategy to be favoured by teams at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The Sakhir circuit is rear-limited and has an... read more »

This year has been an up and down year for Pirelli, from multiple tyre failures in the British Grand Prix, to one week later choosing softer compounds at the 70th anniversary... read more »

Daniil Kvyat´s day out on the Yas Marina Circuit hasn´t been his cup of tea - he struggled with traffic and tyre degradation, but he is pleased to end the season with promising... read more »

AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly believes the Bahrain Grand Prix will throw up an "unusual" spectacle as teams opt for different strategies as a result of high levels... read more »

Sergio Perez has warned F1 qualifying in Bahrain is "unrepresentative" of each teams' competitiveness due to high degradation likely being the dominating factor... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari needs to be "sly as a fox" when it comes to its strategic calls with tyre degradation expected to play a big part in Sunday's... read more »

Max Verstappen has called for Red Bull to focus on improving its own race pace due to the high levels of tyre degradation experienced during Friday F1 practice for the Bahrain... read more »