Hembery: Too early to consider next F1 deal
Mar.3 – Pirelli is not ready to think about staying in formula one beyond 2019. That is the claim of the Italian marque’s F1..
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Pirelli happy to deliver on 2017 promises
Mar.1 – Pirelli is happy it has delivered what F1 requested as the sport looks into its new era. A major part of the laptime boost..
Teams happy as Pirelli reduces tyre pressures
Feb.24 – F1 teams are reacting with positive surprise to news that Pirelli will drop the pressures of its tyres in 2017. Last year,..
2017 ‘launch season’ set to begin
Feb.20 – Less than three months after the chequered flag in 2016, F1 is set to burst back into life. Images of the new Williams have..
Pirelli prepares ‘backup tyres’ for 2017
Feb.16 – Pirelli has developed a range of ‘backup’ tyre compounds for 2017. The F1 tyre supplier has said designing its..
Hembery: No tyre problem in Vettel crash
Feb.16 – Paul Hembery has denied an early flaw with Pirelli’s 2017 tyres may already have been uncovered. In 2013, F1’s..
Insiders play down Ferrari rumours
Feb.16 – Insiders are playing down rumours Ferrari‘s 2017 campaign is already in trouble, long before a single winter testing..
Pirelli wants wet track for Barcelona test
Feb.15 – F1’s official tyre supplier wants a full day of official winter testing to take place on a wet track. There will be..
Fans to see ‘real’ F1 passing in 2017
Feb.15 – F1 fans will see more “real” overtaking in 2017, according to Pirelli. Some are worried that, as downforce..
Boss: Pirelli embracing ‘challenge’ of faster F1
Feb.14 – Pirelli is happy in formula one and embracing the “very important challenge” of the much faster 2017 cars. That..
F1 designer worried about 2017 rules shakeup
Feb.8 – A well-known F1 engineer is concerned the sport is setting off down the wrong path with its radical new rules for 2017. On..
Hembery: Teams will be ‘sandbagging’ in early 2017
Jan.13 – It will take some time before the pecking order clearly emerges in 2017, according to Pirelli chief Paul Hembery. The Briton..
Hulkenberg training hard for 2017
Jan.9 – Nico Hulkenberg says he has never worked harder ahead of a new season of formula one. The German is switching from the small..
Report: 2017 cars to have ‘ugly’ airbox sails
Dec.21 – F1 could be about to find a spanner in the works of its plans for more aesthetically pleasing cars for 2017. The 2017 rules..
Report: Race starts to be even harder in 2017
Dec.15 – Drivers will find it even harder to make the perfect race start in 2017. That is the claim of Germany’s Auto Motor und..
Event: Pirelli wants to monitor tyre data in
Dec.12 – Pirelli sounds determined to keep clamping down on how F1 teams are using their tyres. The sport’s official supplier..
Mercedes’ Costa backs Wehrlein to replace Rosberg
Dec.8 – Mercedes‘ engineering chief Aldo Costa has named in-house junior Pascal Wehrlein as a good candidate to replace..
Wehrlein on pole for Mercedes seat
Dec.6 – Pascal Wehrlein appears to be in pole position to step up and become Lewis Hamilton‘s new teammate at Mercedes for..
‘Unwell’ Hamilton quits Abu Dhabi tyre test
Nov.30 – As predicted earlier this week, Lewis Hamilton pulled out of the Pirelli tyre test in Abu Dhabi. Ahead of the session..
Mercedes denies Hamilton refusing to test
Nov.29 – Mercedes has played down reports that Lewis Hamilton is refusing to get back to work this week. In Abu Dhabi, it had been..
