The car performed well on both the full wet and the intermediate tyres. Unfortunately Esteban was caught out by one of the kerbs in the wet. However, he had a very good pace... read more »

Lack of running due to rain during FP3 is down to the teams not Pirelli, Paul Hembery tells Pitpass read more »

A downpour during the final practice session for the Australian Grand Prix gave teams the opportunity to sample the wet and intermediate tyres ahead of what is expected to be a... read more »

Adrian Sutil has highlighted improving the balance of his Force India on the supersoft tyres as the one area he needs to focus on before qualy... read more »

Sebastian Vettel retained his place at the top of the timesheet and was again fastest in free practice 2. He did the same in FP1 with an apparent easy lap, perfectly timed on a... read more »

Sebastian Vettel increased his advantage over the rest of the field as practice continued in Melbourne on Friday afternoon, with the German producing a time of 1:25.908 on the... read more »

Uncertainty about the implications of Formula 1's aggressive new Pirelli tyres on qualifying and the race, rather than questions about the competitive order, are... read more »

The Australian Grand Prix will be a step into the unknown, according to Paul di Resta. Entering his third season in Formula One with Force India, the Scot believes the new... read more »

Christian Horner is expecting a tight qualifying session in Australia on Saturday as the teams get to grips with the new tyres and the added pressure on Q1 now that there two... read more »

The 2013 Formula One season gets underway in Australia this weekend, with Pirelli supplying the new P Zero White medium and P Zero Red supersoft compounds: the first time that... read more »

Team principal Martin Whitmarsh says McLaren faced a few "headaches" with the MP4-28 during testing after struggling to get the new Pirelli tyres working in the cool... read more »

Ferrari Chief Designer, Nick Tombazis, like so many others, believes that tyres will be the key this season, as in 2012. However, the Greek also believes that exhaust systems... read more »

World champion Sebastian Vettel insists that there is still work to be done before Red Bull can be confident of its place at the front of the F1 field. read more »

With just two weeks to go before the 2013 Formula One season gets underway in Melbourne, the final four-day test took place in Barcelona, with two days of wet weather followed... read more »

Ferrari are expecting the first race of the 2013 season to provide some 'surprises' and some 'shocks' as the teams failed to fully understand the Pirelli... read more »

After the pre-season tests Sebastian Vettel believes a lack of consistent running, largely due to the Pirelli tyres, not to mention the weather, has left everyone uncertain as... read more »

Pat Fry says tyres could hold the key to success in Australia, with pre-season testing having left teams with plenty of questions read more »

Ferrari technical director Pat Fry says the F1 paddock will have to brace itself for a few shocks from the tyres when it arrives in Melbourne next week for the first practice... read more »

Nico Rosberg put Mercedes on top for the final day of pre-season testing ahead of the new season with a lap of 1:20.130. The German traded fastest laps with Ferrari's... read more »

Sebastian Vettel admits a lot of teams are still scratching their heads of the tyres following the conclusion of pre-season testing... read more »

After twelve days of pre-season testing, Ferrari Technical Director Pat Fry believes that, as in 2012, understanding the Pirelli tyres will be the key in Melbourne and beyond. read more »

The final four-day test took place in Barcelona this week, with two days of wet weather followed by two days of dry running. This enabled the teams to sample the entire range... read more »

Sebastian Vettel admitted he was disappointed with Red Bull's final days of 2013 Formula 1 testing, but said tyres were such a big factor it was hard to know how to feel... read more »

Sebastian Vettel said a lack of consistency from the Pirelli tyres has prevented Red Bull completing all its set-up work during pre-season testing read more »

Esteban Gutierrez does not think tyre degradation over a race distance is that difficult to manage and says his main focus is on improving his use of the tyres over a hot lap read more »