tyres

Joan Mir cites the reduced importance of rider input on corner exit plus electronically extended tyre performance for making overtaking more difficult in MotoGP.

F1 have confirmed that the move to ban tyre blankets has been delayed until at least 2025.

F1 will trial a new, experimental qualifying format for the first time at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Here’s how it will work…

In a recent issue of the Crash.net MotoGP podcast, Scott Smart made the argument that the concept of tyre ‘performance’ needs to be redefined to help control MotoGP lap times.

Dunlop, exclusive tyre supplier since the start of the Moto2 and Moto3 World Championships, is to be replaced by Pirelli from 2024.

By the end of this year, the MotoGP manufacturers and Dorna are expected to have agreed on the future technical rules for the 2027-2031 contract cycle.

When Triumph took over from Honda as the exclusive Moto2 engine supplier in 2019, the class also received a new MotoGP style Magneti-Marelli ECU.

Valentino Rossi hopes there will be no repeat of Ducati's Misano front tyre gamble as VR46 rider Francesco Bagnaia starts on pole position once again.

Valentino Rossi to start from ninth on the grid in Sunday's French MotoGP after a 'scary' Saturday of low track temperatures and constant weather changes.

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto feels while Formula 1 enjoyed a better spectacle at the Austrian Grand Prix he is “really ashamed” the sport voted against changing the tyre specification as he saw it as “a great opportunity to somehow close up the field” to improve the racing show.

Williams CTO Pay Symonds says that the team is still learning the best way to approach the revised tyre allocations in F1 2016.

There will be no sudden surprises when it comes to tyre life in F1 2016, as Pirelli confirms that it expects more gradual degradation of its re-constructed race rubber.

Despite a 'cool' reception from riders in Australia, Bridgestone maintains it is pleased with the performance of its tyres at Phillip Island.

The cause of a spate of tyre failures last weekend at Kansas that hit several high-profile Chase contenders is being investigated by Goodyear.

Williams did not make a mistake in fitting the medium Pirellis to both its cars midway through the Hungarian GP, insists the team's Rob Smedley.

Kate Walker questions whether now is the right time to be looking at a potential change to wheel sizes, which has a bigger impact on car design than you might think...

Jari Ketomaa and Drive DMACK WRT to debut in Sweden

Pirelli's three-day test at the Bahrain International Circuit to go ahead - official

Lewis Hamilton admits that taking pole position will mean little when the lights go out at the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix.

After being tested by teams at last week's Young Driver Test at Silverstone, Pirelli's new specification will make their race debut this weekend at the Hungaroring.

Pirelli has said that it will be looking closely at the dramatic tyre failures that occurred at the British Grand Prix, but will have some explaining to do after being summoned to meet the FIA Sporting Committee.

Driver-turned-pundit Martin Brundle says the Mercedes/Pirelli test row underlines the problems being faced by F1's sole tyre supplier.

DMACK introduces new soft tyre, shifts focus to WRC2

World champion Sebastian Vettel insists that Pirelli's latest compound will be the only thing he concentrates on early in the Spanish GP weekend.