Pirelli is hopeful that its approach to Formula 1’s changing requirements over the past 12 years will help the tire supplier retain its place amid interest from Bridgestone.The current tire supply deal ends at the end of 2024 and a tender has been open for 2025 onwards, with Pirelli understood...

Michelin remains interested in returning to Formula 1 at the earliest opportunity despite losing out to Pirelli for the 2017-19 tire deal. But it is still adamant F1 would need to switch to 18-inch wheel rims if it came back.Key to Michelin's proposal was a move away from the current...

Michelin can inject excitement back into Formula 1 with a focus on performance rather than tire management, according to motorsport director Pascal Couasnon.The French manufacturer faces a head-to-head clash with Pirelli for F1's next tire-supply contract that runs from 2017-'19, and Couasnon is convinced Michelin can play its part in...

Michelin motorsport director Pascal Couasnon believes Formula 1 will soon switch to 18-inch wheels because the current size of 13-inches is "a thing of the past."Earlier this month Couasnon suggested Michelin was poised to make a return to F1, with the formal tender process for the next three-year contract from...

Michelin has made it clear it is ready to make a return to Formula 1 when the championship's existing tire contract comes to an end.The French tire manufacturer was last involved in 2006, opting to depart at the end of that year after a five-season spell as it was unhappy...

Renault and Michelin are evaluating low-profile tires for a possible switch to 18- and 17-inch wheels for the Formula Renault 3.5 and Formula Renault 2.0 series in 2016.Renault had already said earlier this year it was open to a switch in a near future after Formula 1 tried an 18-inch...

GP2 could switch to low-profile tires next season, if Formula 1 decides to do the same in the long-term.Pirelli plans to start a track-testing program of larger rubber with a GP2 car soon in consideration of a possible change. It is understood that should F1 decide to commit to moving...

Charles Pic believes both teams and drivers would face a "big challenge" if the Formula 1's potential switch to 18-inch tires is given the go-ahead.The Lotus reserve driver completed 14 laps on Pirelli's experimental rubber during the morning of the final day of the Silverstone F1 test as part of...

Pirelli could provide 18-inch tires to Formula 1 for the start of the 2016 season should the sport want them following its first test of the larger wheels.Lotus completed 14 laps during the morning of the final day of the Silverstone test with Charles Pic at the wheel, using four...

Related StoriesLotus will test with 18-inch tires at next week's Formula 1 test at Silverstone as part of an experiment by Pirelli.Following discussions about a change of tire size for 2017, Pirelli has agreed to run a trial with the larger wheel and tire size next Wednesday. The aim is...