The Spanish race got off to a clean start, and both Virgin drivers Timo Glock and Jérôme D'Ambrosio followed a 3 stop strategy, using the Hard tyres only for the last... read more »

Felipe Massa said the Ferrari was impossible on hard tyres in the Spanish Grand Prix, but that it was a gearbox problem that eventually stopped him read more »

Sebastian Vettel said he feared for his position towards the end of the Spanish Grand Prix as he attempted to hold Lewis Hamilton for victory in the closing laps read more »

Heikki Kovalainen was dubbed a star of qualifying at the Circuit de Catalunya, having managed to pass into Q2 before out-performing both Force India cars by using Soft tyres.... read more »

Mercedes GP driver Michael Schumacher has revealed that he was hindered by a KERS problem during the third and final stage of qualifying, leaving him with little choice but to... read more »

Timo Glock, 20th: "I think we had a good qualifying today. We had a bit of trouble with the first set of tyres as they read more »

Although Michael Schumacher didn't achieve the third row grid slot he wanted, he is least hoping to get some help on Sunday from his extra set of tyres... read more »

Michael Schumacher did not complete a qualifying lap in Barcelona’s top ten shootout - instead electing to return to the pits, settle for tenth place and enjoy the opportunity... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen and Lotus were thrilled by Saturday’s qualifying performance at the Circuit de Catalunya. The Finn, making the most of problems for Nick Heidfeld and Rubens... read more »

Jenson Button isn't too fazed about losing out to Fernando Alonso in qualifying, after all, he has an extra set of soft tyres... read more »

Mark Webber says he enjoyed his qualifying battle with Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel in Barcelona today, with the Australian driver securing his first pole position of... read more »

Pirelli's new hard compound tyre has been labelled a "disaster" by Lewis Hamilton ahead of its race debut at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Kamui Kobayashi is the latest in a long list of drivers to criticise Pirelli’s new Hard tyres for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. The Hard compound is now harder than it was... read more »

Nick Heidfeld, 10th: “What was really interesting today were Pirelli’s new super hard tyres. Although we’ve gained some experience of them... read more »

Nick Heidfeld admits that he was not expecting such tardy lap times with the new Pirelli tyres in Barcelona on Friday. Practice sessions 1 and 2 gave drivers a first chance to... read more »

Mark Webber has pinpointed the tyres as a major factor at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he expects a challenging race weekend in Spain given the performance of the Pirelli tyres during Friday practice read more »

Lewis Hamilton has labelled Pirelli's new hard tyres as a disaster following Friday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

Pirelli takes a look at the stresses and strains the tyres, and car, undergo during a single lap of the Circuit de Catalunya. The soft as read more »

Former F1 race winner John Watson hits out at KERS and DRS - insisting that the new Pirelli tyres are enough to improve the show in F1 read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has heaped praise on Pirelli for improving the sport and being daring enough to produce tyres that degrade more quickly read more »

Pirelli has confirmed it will introduce a new harder tyre for the Spanish Grand Prix, having tested the compound in the previous event in Turkey. read more »

Contrary to reports last weekend that teams would be given a new specification hard tyre for the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix, no official announcement has yet been made. read more »

Having initially lauded F1's bold, exciting and unpredictable new era in 2011, some paddock members are now beginning to ponder the flipside of Pirelli tyres and DRS... read more »

Jenson Button reflects that he was effectively punished for driving 'a clean, strong race' and taking care of his tyres in Istanbul - but he tips McLaren to bounce... read more »