The World Rally Championship's tire war will continue for the foreseeable future, with plans for control rubber now shelved.Discussions over a Formula 1-style single supplier deal were held earlier this year, amid strong speculation such a move was likely. FIA rally director Jarmo Mahonen has now dismissed that plan, following...

Senior Formula 1 figures have urged caution in the way findings of fan surveys are interpreted following results that include calls for a return of refueling and a tire war.Two major fan surveys were recently carried out – one by AUTOSPORT, F1 Racing and Motorsport News, and another by the...

Michelin motorsport director Pascal Couasnon believes Formula 1's next-generation tires must let drivers push to the limit at all times, as his company bids to return to the grid.The French manufacturer confirmed earlier this week it had submitted its proposal to the FIA to become F1's tire supplier from 2017.Although...

Formula 1's 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has backed Fernando Alonso's call for a return of a tire war to improve the show.Double world champion Alonso argued that F1 was better off when Michelin and Bridgestone went head to head from 2001-06. However, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner and...

Team bosses Christian Horner and Franz Tost have joined forces in knocking down Fernando Alonso's suggestion Formula 1 should return to a tire war to spice up the show.On Wednesday, double world champion Alonso argued F1 was better off when Michelin and Bridgestone went head to head from 2001-06. Toro...

Fernando Alonso has called on Formula 1 to allow the return of a tire war if it wants to again spice up the show and entertain the fans.In the wake of the Strategy Group's proposals last Thursday for stemming the tide of supporters turning off the sport, Alonso feels he...

Michelin has been announced as MotoGP's new tire supplier for when Bridgestone departs in 2016.Bridgestone revealed its decision to leave the sport shortly before the Spanish Grand Prix earlier this month. MotoGP promoter Dorna and motorcycling governing body the FIM immediately opened a three-week tender process to find a replacement....