Lewis Hamilton feels the Mercedes W07 is not in the 'right ballpark' on Pirelli's soft tyres yet, and reckons the compound is a step back on last year's... read more »

Lewis Hamilton ended the morning session of testing at Barcelona on top of the timesheet, having completed his first run on the soft tyres with the F1 W07 car. Even though it... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has played down mechanical issues which have cost him and Ferrari track time during testing, after the Finn was hit by a gearbox problem on Tuesday. Raikkonen... read more »

Williams driver Valtteri Bottas says he is hopeful that the outfit can fight with Ferrari and Red Bull in 2016, but concedes it is unlikely Mercedes will be caught. Bottas... read more »

Nico Rosberg holds on to top spot on the opening day of the second pre-season test after sprinting clear on soft tyres as Mercedes demonstrates its pace read more »

The first day of the second pre-season test at Barcelona has brought some encouraging results to several teams, even though Mercedes has proved by using Pirelli's soft... read more »

Nico Rosberg clocked the quickest time as Mercedes continued to impress during the opening day of the second test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Rosberg set a time of... read more »

Nico Rosberg set the pace on Mercedes' first run of the pre-season on the soft tyres, comfortably quicker than Kimi Raikkonen as testing resumed in Spain on Tuesday... read more »

Nico Rosberg topped the times in the first four hours of running today, for the first time in 2016 completing a number of timed laps on the soft tyre. The results were fairly... read more »

Nico Rosberg set the pace as Mercedes used soft tyres for the first time in 2016 pre-season Formula 1 testing at Barcelona on Tuesday morning read more »

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 »