Pirelli boss Paul Hembery says he is pleased with the performance of the 2012 tyres trialled in Abu Dhabi read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne completed the final day of the Young Driver Test at the Yas Marina Circuit for Red Bull Racing today and again set the fastest time aboard an RB7. The team’s... read more »

Sahara Force India continued testing in Abu Dhabi today as Johnny Cecotto Jr got behind the wheel of the VJM04 for his first experience of a Formula One car. The 22-year-old... read more »

Just like on the first day of testing, Valterri Bottas was behind the wheel of the Williams FW33. The team ran an extensive tyre program for Pirelli, aiming at gathering... read more »

On the second day of the Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi today, Sam Bird continued his work at the wheel of the MGP W02 car. The team focused on 2012 Pirelli tyre evaluations... read more »

Esteban Gutiérrez, the team’s official test and reserve driver, was at the wheel of the Sauber C30-Ferrari on day two of the three Young Driver Days at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina... read more »

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery believes his company and Red Bull will probably never know what caused Sebastian Vettel's right-rear tyre to suffer an instant... read more »

Red Bull and Pirelli are none the wiser as to how Sebastian Vettel's tyre deflated on the opening lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, read more »

Red Bull Racing thinks it may never have a definitive explanation for what caused Sebastian Vettel's puncture in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after post-race analysis failed... read more »

Pirelli reveals that structural failure wasn't the reason for Sebastian Vettel's puncture during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix read more »

Pirelli has confirmed that Sebastian Vettel's retirement from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was not caused by a structural failure of his right-rear tyre, citing debris as the... read more »

Pirelli has ruled out a structural tyre failure as the cause of Sebastian Vettel's opening lap problem at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

After several days of investigation the cause of Sebastian Vettel's puncture on the opening lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix remains a mystery. read more »

Nov.16 (GMM) According to a media report, a reason for Red Bull's dominance in 2011 could also explain Sebastian Vettel's mysterious retirement from the Abu Dhabi... read more »

Team Lotus is very happy with the performance put in today by Rodolfo Gonzalez. A year after running at the same test, Gonzalez completed today's Team Lotus aero... read more »

Robert Wickens said that he was surprised at the difference in tyre compound between the 2011 and prototype 2012 Pirelli tyres read more »

Pirelli will use the forthcoming F1 Young Driver test in Abu Dhabi to debut a selection of its 2012 tyre compounds. read more »

Nov.14 (GMM) Pirelli will investigate the tyre problem that caused Sebastian Vettel's only retirement in an otherwise almost flawless 2011 season. Having started from... read more »

Pirelli says that it will investigate the tyre failure which caused Sebastian Vettel to spin off on the first lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix read more »

Felipe Massa has explained that he ‘really struggled’ for grip with the Medium tyre compound in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, with the Ferrari driver claiming that... read more »

Sebastian Vettel suffered his first retirement of the F1 2011 season today in Abu Dhabi when his right-rear tyre suffered an 'instantaneous loss of pressure' on the... read more »

Full details of each driver's tyre strategy during the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix read more »

"At a track that's been so good to us for the last two years, it's frustrating to have our first DNF of the year due to a tyre issue," admits Christian Horner. read more »

"Together with Red Bull Racing, we're still examining the remains of Sebastian Vettel's tyre in order to try and piece together what happened," admits... read more »

Mark Webber, 4th: "On the second pit stop, we fitted the option tyre again to try and cut the race down to something different; it read more »