tyres

Jun Matsuzaki looks back on the 2009 F1 young driver test at Jerez in Spain.

MotoGP riders will be back on dual-compound tyres for only the second time this season, during this weekend's German Grand Prix at Sachsenring.

He tried hard to conceal his disappointment at the end of a race he knew had been taken away from him in Barcelona, but Rubens Barrichello's face revealed far more than his words at the end of the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend, as rumours intensify within the Formula 1 paddock that he is alread

Rubens Barrichello has questioned the tyre choice that official supplier Bridgestone has made for this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, echoing similar suggestions that the supersoft compound will not fare well.

Timo Glock has slated Formula 1's rule-makers after team-mate Jarno Trulli was demoted from third place in the 2009 curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix today - marking Toyota's third penalty of the Melbourne weekend.

IndyCar tyre supplier Firestone will introduce an element of strategy to the series road and street course events by supplying an 'alternate tyre concept' at all seven such rounds in 2009.

Bridgestone has released details of the tyres that will be available to its Formula One teams at the opening five races of the 2009 world championship, carrying through its promise to offer two widely-differing specifications in a bit to enhance the spectacle and strategy.

Subaru team boss David Richards has hit out at the FIA and slammed the current tyre regulations after the shenanigans that severely disrupted day one of the Wales Rally GB.

The V8 Supercar Championship Series has revealed plans to revolutionise future seasons with major changes to the race format, qualifying and tyres.

With some in the grand prix paddock suggesting he is embroiled in a battle to save his seat at BMW-Sauber beyond the end of the 2008 Formula 1 campaign, Nick Heidfeld has come out fighting, underlining his belief that his form over the early stages of the season has been portrayed as being worse

Dunlop, the sole tyre supplier to the V8 Supercar Championship Series, has confirmed that it will introduce a new, more sustainable, control tyre at Darwin's Hidden Valley round over 4-6 July.

Although conditions at the Istanbul Park circuit are unlikely to be as harsh as in recent years, due to a date change, Bridgestone has attempted to head off possible problems with its tyres.

Pirelli has announced that its new gravel tyre - the 'Scorpion', has been approved by the FIA for use in 2008.

BF Goodrich's stint in the FIA World Rally Championship will come to an end on the Rally GB this weekend, with a score of four world titles and almost certainly 32 world class wins to its name.

Three-time world rally champion, Sebastien Loeb has urged the powers that be in the WRC to reconsider getting rid of run-flat mousse.

BF Goodrich rally manager, Aime Chatard has said that their latest success at the weekend on the Rally NZ, clinching the manufacturers' championship with BP Ford, to add to their success in the drivers' with Sebastien Loeb, is a 'tremendous reward' for all their hard work.

The difference between radial and crossply tyres is the arrangement of the ply cords and the angle that they run from bead to bead on the tyre.

There are few things in life that people don't question. One is why wheels are round (a topic for another week if you're unlucky) and another is that tyres are black - but why?

Michelin have today revealed that they have been taken by 'surprise', following proposals by FIA president Max Mosley to end the tyre war, and introduce a single tyre monopoly in F1.

If you talk to senior Bridgestone engineer Kees van de Grint, a Dutch engineer who has come to Formula One through years of karting, it takes a while before he starts to talk about those round black things.

The remaining three races in the 2003 FIA Formula One World Championship could be thrown into confusion following news that the FIA plans to implement a new interpretation of the sporting regulations concerning F1 tyres.