The performance of Pirelli tyres in the Formula One races has been pivotal in keeping the competition tight and the the racing exciting. And we all want an exciting, edge of the seat type race – no spectator wants to know who’s going to win before the race even starts! The teams are having to […]

The Formula One race at the weekend was full of excitement! Lewis Hamilton ought to have started in pole position based on the qualifiers, but he ran out of fuel. The rules state the drivers must be able to get back to the pits with at least a litre of fuel for testing, so he […]

There have been a lot of comments flying around lately, that the new Pirelli tyres that are being used for the Formula One races, are not performing terribly well. In particular they are accused of wearing out rapidly. In a video interview with Pirelli’s motorsport director, Paul Hembery, has admitted that in the brief the […]

It seemed touch and go for a while whether or not the race in Bahrain would go ahead with protesters trying their best to disrupt it and focus the world’s attention on the repression in their country. The race did manage to go ahead as planned, but there was a wealth of security in place […]

According to Pirelli, Rosberg managed his allocation of Pirelli’s P Zero White medium tyre, and the P Zero Yellow soft tyre perfectly. McLaren chose a different strategy to most of their rival teams, sticking to the soft tyre during the drivers’ second stint. Many of the other drivers chose to change their tyres to the […]

Ferrari were already expecting problems in Shanghai and Sakhir, particularly as the Bahrain track has characteristics that could almost have been designed to highlight all the areas where Ferrari’s car has difficulties such as traction and top speed. Pirelli will be supplying the same tyres in Sakhir as they did in both Shanghai and Melbourne, […]

This weekend’s race was one of the best I have seen in a long time. With seven cars fighting for second place during the mid section of the race it was all about tactics and tyre wear. The strategy that won the race was a two stop strategy and Nico Rosberg won the race by over twenty seconds […]

During the first two grands prix, Mercedes suffered problems with its car tyres, but following detailed analysis of the problems they are hopeful that they have been resolved in time for the Chinese Grand Prix. So far the Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher have only scored one measly point between them as their […]

The Malaysian Grand prix was certainly an exciting race, with lots of activity throughout the race. Having watched the qualifying race on Saturday it looked like it would be a dead cert with both the McLaren drivers starting at the front of the grid. Lewis Hamilton was on pole position for the second race and […]

The Australian Grand Prix opens today, at Albert Park in Melbourne, the first of three rounds of the 2012 F1 season. Official tyre suppliers Pirelli have confirmed the compound allocations of their dry-weather P Zero tyres, and teams have been provided with five sets of medium and soft tyres. Six sets of the harder compound […]