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Are Red Bull and Ferrari on back foot for potential Japanese GP tyre wrecker?

The iconic figure-of-eight track has always been punishing on its rubber, but things could well be a bit more extreme this time around.

Motorsport

F1 drivers question tyre blanket ban sustainability claims

F1’s two main tyre warmer suppliers, Germany’s KLS and long-established British company MA Horne, are known to be exploring ways of reducing power consumption.

Autosport

Schumacher can remain Mercedes F1 reserve amid Alpine WEC links

European F3 and FIA F2 champion Schumacher was dropped by the Haas F1 team at the end of 2022 owing to a brace of seven-figure car-splitting crashes that forced the team to abandon upgrades to meet its budgets.

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Abt calls for action against DTM teams using sunlight to heat tyres

Amid struggles to get temperatures into Pirelli tyres that are new to the DTM for 2023, teams have come up with creative ways to circumvent the ban on using electric blankets.

Motorsport

2023 F1 Japanese Grand Prix session timings and preview

Red Bull's winning streak came to an end in Singapore last weekend, with Carlos Sainz scoring an emphatic victory for Ferrari from pole position. However, all signs point to the status quo returning at Suzuka, with the Honda-powered Red Bull squad favourite to take top honors in front of Japanese…

Motorsport

Pirelli explains decision to leave WRC as tyre supplier

The WRC is set to change its control rubber from 2025 after Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli announced last Friday that it had chosen not to submit a bid in response to the FIA’s 2025-2027 tyre tender.

Autosport

Russell's Singapore GP crash "most horrendous feeling in the world"

Both Mercedes drivers made a late pitstop for medium Pirelli tyres as they sought to challenge eventual race winner Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris on their aging hards.

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WRC tyre supplier to change for 2025 as Pirelli elects not to bid

The Italian manufacturer is currently the official tyre supplier to all categories within the WRC after winning the FIA's last tender in 2019. Its deal to supply tyres from 2021 to 2024 included the last season of the WRC generation car and the first three campaigns under Rally1 hybrid regulations.

Motorsport

WRC tyre supplier to change for 2025, Pirelli elects not to bid

Autosport

Pirelli P Zero AS Plus 3 Promises All-Season Performance For North America

The ultra-high-performance tire features a new tread design, compounds, and construction versus the outgoing All-Season Plus.

Motor1

Michelin expected to submit WRC tyre tender bid

The FIA launched a WRC tyre tender in July inviting tyre brands to submit their interest in becoming the championship's sole tyre supplier, with the current tender expiring at the end of next year.

Motorsport

Pirelli ponders F1 tweak as ATA decision to be made

At two races this year – Hungary and Monza after the initial trial set for Imola had to be abandoned amid that race’s cancellation – Pirelli has experimented with shipping fewer tyre sets, with adapted rules implemented for qualifying.

Motorsport

Pirelli ponders ATA tweak as F1 and FIA decision to be made

Autosport

The unexpected factor in F1's tyre tender decision

While F1 awaits official confirmation, Pirelli remains the favourite to beat Bridgestone to the contract, with many paddock insiders suggesting that the deal is now a formality, and assuming that as time drags on, a change becomes less likely.

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Everything You Need to Know About F1 Tires, With Pirelli Head Mario Isola

There’s one constant among all 10 teams on the F1 grid: the tires. Pirelli head Mario Isola details the championship’s regulations, sustainability among manufacturers and more.

Motorsport

Magnussen: "Horrendous" Monza F1 weekend highlights need for Haas patience

Magnussen qualified only 19th at Monza and was one of only three drivers to take a gamble by starting on the hard rather than medium Pirelli tyres.

Autosport

Magnussen: “Horrendous” Monza highlights need for Haas F1 patience

Magnussen qualified only 19th at Monza and was one of only three drivers to take a gamble by starting on the hard rather than medium Pirelli tyres.

Autosport

What we learned from Friday F1 practice at the 2023 Italian Grand Prix

Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen shared the practice spoils across the opening two Formula 1 sessions at Monza, as Sergio Perez crashed but still hailed his “best Friday in a while”.

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2023 F1 Italian Grand Prix session timings and preview

Autosport

Pirelli in race to ready 2024 F1 tyres after testing revamp

Protoypes will be run by Alpine and Red Bull in a test at Monza after the Italian GP, and by all teams on the Fridays of the Japanese and Mexican GPs

Autosport

F1 Dutch GP: Norris on top as Piastri and Ricciardo crash in FP2

Running opened on the harder two compounds of tyre with the Mercedes duo emerging on top on the medium Pirelli rubber through the first laps around the undulating beachside circuit in Zandvoort - George Russell moving ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton.

Motorsport

F1 Dutch GP: Norris pips Verstappen by 0.023s in FP2

Running opened on the harder two compounds of tyre, and the Mercedes duo emerged on top on the medium Pirelli rubber through the first laps around the undulating beach-side circuit in Zandvoort - George Russell moving ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton.

Motorsport

2023 F1 Dutch Grand Prix session timings and preview

After a month-long break, F1 returns to action this weekend with the Dutch GP. Red Bull has dominated F1 in 2023, winning every race in the first half of the season, and there is nothing to suggest that this trend wouldn't continue in the Netherlands, the home turf of Max…

Cycling Weekly

Vittoria Corsa Pro tire review - supreme performance, but worth the cost?

The latest Corsa Pro is seriously rapid, and the issues with expeditated tire wear seem to have been addressed - but does that justify their lofty price?

Motorsport

F1 teams facing rookie FP1 scheduling headache

The FIA rules specify that every race driver has to give up an FP1 session for a rookie who has started no more than two grands prix.

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