The FIA has taken up an option to extend Pirelli’s contract as tire supplier to Formula 1 and its associated championships until at least the end of the 2028 season.

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Pirelli faces a key meeting with Formula 1's hierarchy next week at which it hopes to be given a clear mandate for tires' role in the new rules era.Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera and motorsport director Paul Hembery are to discuss plans for its 2017-19 deal with F1 chief executive...

Pirelli will continue to supply tires to Formula 1 for another three years as it has won the tender for the 2017-'19 seasons.The Italian manufacturer had been in a head-to-head competition with Michelin for the latest contract up for grabs, but F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has opted to keep...

Pirelli is willing to continue as Formula 1's tire supplier, but only if certain conditions are met.The FIA has opened the tire tender process for 2017-19, and Pirelli chairman and chief executive Marco Tronchetti Provera said his firm would be happy to continue either as sole supplier, or if the...

Formula 1's tire supplier could go from Italian to Chinese majority ownership, if a takeover bid for Pirelli by China National Chemical Corp. and other investors is successful.According to the Wall Street Journal, a unit of China National Chemical known as ChemChina has offered to pay about $1.9 billion initially...

Pirelli has warned it will be ultra-conservative to deliver one-stop races next year unless the teams and the FIA tell it to do otherwise.Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera (pictured, left) met with Bernie Ecclestone in Abu Dhabi to make it clear that if Formula 1 wants to avoid taking away...

Pirelli has warned it will be forced to quit Formula 1 if it is not allowed any winter testing prior to 2014's new cars running.Although the Italian tire manufacturer has a deal to continue in F1, it is growing increasingly frustrated about the lack of assistance it is being given...

A new deal that will commit Pirelli to Formula 1 for the next five years will be signed off soon, following successful talks between the company and the FIA ahead of the Italian Grand Prix.FIA president Jean Todt met with Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera and its motorsport director Paul...

The FIA is ready to approve a fresh Pirelli Formula 1 tire contract if that is what the teams and Bernie Ecclestone want.Following weeks of uncertainty about the state of the F1 tire supplier deal, FIA president Jean Todt said on Saturday that he saw no issues with Pirelli carrying...