“The tire test days that Firestone comes up with, they put you with six sets of tires, and they tell you, ‘Hey, do five laps, and then five more laps, and then five more laps, and let us know the differences,’ and then we do the same on long runs with brand-new sets,” Palou told RACER.

Despite the cold conditions, Firestone's tire verification test at Phoenix on Wednesday was a productive one.

The NTT IndyCar Series is wasting no time in starting to plan for the change of its season finale venue from the streets of downtown Nashville to the nearby oval at Nashville Speedway.Driven by the 16-year gap between IndyCar’s last visit to the 1.33-mile facility, the different chassis and engine...

With the specifications of the first of Goodyear's two 2024 dry-spec tires now frozen and ready for next season, this week's two-day tire test in Portimao provided an ideal opportunity for eight manufacturers and teams planning to field cars in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s new GT division to get...

Greg Stucker of Goodyear confirmed this week the company will hold a tire test on the oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway next month.It will be a two-day test held Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 14 and 15. That is after the NASCAR weekend concludes for the Xfinity Series and Cup Series...

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...

Pirelli’s planned tire test at the Japanese Grand Prix has been cancelled due to the inclement weather at Suzuka, meaning it will now take place at the U.S. and Mexican Grands Prix.The original schedule for Pirelli to test 2023 tires was to run an extra 30 minutes at the end...

Nicholas Latifi admitted he was tired after his first day as a Williams race driver, after completing more than 100 laps in the afternoon of the Pirelli tire test in Abu Dhabi.Williams was running Roy Nissany for a spell of both days of the test at the Yas Marina Circuit...

Pirelli would have no objection to use its 2019 tires next season after mixed feedback from drivers during the 2020 tire test in Abu Dhabi.Romain Grosjean and Valtteri Bottas were both critical of the 2020 compounds on Tuesday, with Antonio Giovinazzi similarly finding little improvement in the new tires after...

Charles Leclerc’s car was too heavily damaged during his crash in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday to allow Ferrari to repair it in time to run again.Soon after completing 100 laps on the second day of the Pirelli tire test at the Yas Marina Circuit, Leclerc caused the only red flag...