Formula 1 tire supplier Pirelli has bucked its 2016 trend by not allowing softer tires to be used in the final two races of this season compared to 2015.New rules introduced for this season mean Pirelli nominates three dry tire compounds for each F1 race this year, compared with two...

Pirelli has announced its Formula 1 tire compound choices for the United States Grand Prix.The Italian manufacturer is making the super-soft, soft and medium rubber available for the race at Circuit of The Americas on October 21-23.It is by far the most popular combination utilized this year, with Austin to...

Related StoriesPirelli has announced its Formula 1 tire compound choices for the Malaysian Grand Prix, with the hard tire making only its third appearance of the 2016 season.The Italian supplier will bring the soft, medium and hard to Sepang, matching the choice made for Barcelona and Silverstone.Pirelli says one set...

Pirelli has announced its ultra-soft tire will make its fourth appearance of the Formula 1 season in September's Singapore Grand Prix.The purple-walled tyre, previously allocated for Monaco, Canada and Austria, will be available for the night race along with the super-soft and soft. One set of the soft or super-soft...

Pirelli has announced its Formula 1 tire compound choices for June's Austrian Grand Prix, with the ultra-soft to be used for the third time this season.The Italian supplier will bring the ultra-soft, super-soft and soft to the Red Bull Ring – matching the choices made for Monaco and Canada. Pirelli...

Chinese Grand Prix Friday practice pacesetter Kimi Raikkonen admits Ferrari only has strong pace on the super-soft tire after day one of the Shanghai Formula 1 weekend.Ferrari appeared to be in good shape on raw pace as Raikkonen led Sebastian Vettel in a one-two for the team on Friday afternoon....

Pirelli's new ultra-soft compound will make its Formula 1 debut at this year's Monaco Grand Prix.The softest of Pirelli's five dry compounds is one of the three being made available for F1's prestige event on May 26-29. Aside from the ultra-soft, the teams will also be able to choose from...

Pirelli's Monaco Grand Prix compounds are too hard and the super-soft feels like a medium, according to several Formula 1 drivers.Throughout the weekend, drivers have complained about a lack of grip on both the softs and super-softs as they struggled to get heat into the rubber amid cool temperatures in...

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen believes the team will soon be an even bigger threat to Mercedes at the front of the field in Formula 1, following the Bahrain Grand Prix.The Finn took advantage of an alternative tire strategy to finish between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg at Sakhir on Sunday, coming...

A lack of speed in cool conditions rather than strategic errors were to blame for Williams not doing better in the Hungarian Grand Prix, according to performance chief Rob Smedley.Valtteri Bottas had finished on the podium in each of the three races prior to Sunday's Hungaroring event, but the best...