The starting gun has been fired on the tender process for the next FIA World Endurance Championship tire supplier contract, with the FIA issuing an invitation to prospective suppliers for bids.

The expected pace increase of the 2017 World Rally Cars could be pegged back by the tire specification the faster machinery will require.There have been concerns over the speeds next year's significant increase in power will bring, but that is forcing Michelin and DMACK into a redesign of their World...

The new technical rules package planned for the 2017 Formula 1 season will not be as revolutionary as first thought, according to Williams technical chief Pat Symonds.In a bid to improve the show and the cars, F1 bosses set a mandate to increase the speed of machinery by five seconds...

Pirelli has informed Formula 1 teams of the minimum tire pressure and camber requirements that will be enforced at this weekend's Italian Grand Prix.Several drivers, including world champion Lewis Hamilton, voiced concern on Thursday that a potential tire pressure increase of 5psi was too much. The figure of 5psi appears...

The FIA has officially opened up the tire tender process for Formula 1 for three seasons from 2017.Current supplier Pirelli's contract expires at the end of 2016, but the process has already started to discover which organisation will take on the next three-year contract.Michelin, last involved in the sport in...

Pirelli is considering plans to widen the rear Formula 1 tires for next year in a bid to ensure they can cope with the demands of the new 2014 engines.F1's tire supplier is pushing to finalize the specification of next year's rubber, which will have to deal with the increased...

An updated version of Formula 1's 2014 technical regulations has now been issued. While the original rules were published over 18 months ago, the new amendments incorporate rule changes approved by the FIA World Motor Sport Council before the British Grand Prix.Outlined below are the most significant changes, which could...

Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes is now going into grand prix weekends as the favorite for success.The team is up to second in the Formula 1 constructors' championship, has taken pole for five of the eight races so far in 2013, and claimed two victories only one less than Red Bull...