Daniel Ricciardo admits he had resigned himself to not taking part in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix as Red Bull faced a race against time to make an engine change.FP3 saw Ricciardo stop with a suspected turbo failure, pulling off the track exiting the penultimate corner having suffered the...

Pirelli Motorsport boss Mario Isola believes a one-stop strategy will be the winning move for the first Formula 1 race of 2018 in Melbourne. The Red Bulls, having qualified on red supersoft tires, might be the one team on an alternate strategy."When we nominated the yellow soft, red supersoft and...

Pirelli expects the Formula 1 teams to face a steep learning curve with its new tires during the first half of the 2018 season.The tire manufacturer has made a number of changes to the compounds this year, including making them all a step softer to try and encourage higher levels...

Valtteri Bottas believes he is "going to improve massively" after an impressive debut for Mercedes at the Australian Grand Prix.The Finn has struggled in the past in Melbourne and started the weekend half a second off teammate Lewis Hamilton's pace during Friday practice. However, Bottas reduced the deficit to 0.3s...

Pirelli has revealed the tire compound line-up for the first and second grands prix of the 2017 Formula 1 season.For Australia, to be held March 24-26 on the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne:Yellow softRed supersoftPurple ultrasoftThese are the tires that must be available (one of them to be used) at...

Formula 1's 2016 tire rule tweaks became a missed opportunity because Pirelli did not sufficiently trust the teams, reckons Williams's chief technical officer Pat Symonds.Pirelli is introducing a fifth compound – the ultrasoft – and allowing teams to choose between three tire types at grands prix this season, but will...

Pirelli is "unlikely" to agree to Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton's request for a bespoke tire for next year's Mexican Grand Prix.The Mexico City track had undergone significant renovation for F1's return after a 23-year absence last weekend. A combination of the type of asphalt used, relatively cool temperatures...