Jenson Button says his McLaren Formula 1 team "messed up" in qualifying for the U.S. Grand Prix, which resulted in his elimination in Q1.Button will start the race 19th after he caught traffic on his final lap, which he believes was because McLaren got its timing wrong."We were eighth yesterday...

Yamaha's Valentino Rossi has had the bulk of the laps he set in first MotoGP practice for the Australian Grand Prix wiped for exceeding a tire restriction.Rossi finished the opening session at a wet Phillip Island in second place, 0.041 seconds behind pacesetter Cal Crutchlow. However the first of his...

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 added the super-soft tire to the options for Formula 1's Mexican Grand Prix in late October.For F1's return last year to Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez following a 23-year absence, Pirelli selected the soft and medium compounds. For this year's race from Oct. 28-30, those two compounds are...

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...

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...

Nico Rosberg says Daniel Ricciardo's pace to take pole position for Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix came as a surprise in the final part of qualifying.Ricciardo beat the Mercedes drivers to pole with a stunning 1m13.622s, and while Rosberg eventually got to within two tenths of a second of that...

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...