Ferrari Must React to Pirelli Tires - Manager
18 Mar 2011, 09:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The new Pirelli tires developed for the 2011 season of Formula 1 will certainly provide all the teams with a big challenge for the campaign to come due to their high-degradation characteristics. ...
Best Car Will Win in 2011 - Alonso
16 Mar 2011, 12:20 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / You can throw in all the degradable tires you want, and choose all the different strategies you wish to choose, but at the end of the day it will still be the best car of the 2011 season that will t...
Pirelli Targets De la Rosa for April Tire Test
15 Mar 2011, 15:48 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Pedro de la Rosa's driving services seem of high value these days, despite the fact that the Spaniard's phone number was not dialed by many F1 teams in recent months. With no F1 squad expr...
Alonso Warns McLaren Are Better than They Look
15 Mar 2011, 10:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren Mercedes will be fighting for a podium position in the opening round of the 2011 Formula 1 championship, scheduled 2 weekends from now in Australia. This is the opinion of 2-time world champ...
Drivers Say 2-Pit Stop Races Impossible in 2011
11 Mar 2011, 10:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / There is at least one significant group in Formula 1 that is not at all happy with how Pirelli has developed its tires for the 2011 season, and this is the Grand Prix Drivers Association (GPDA). The...
Pirelli to Develop Extra-Hard Tires for Turkish GP
10 Mar 2011, 13:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Pirelli will reportedly introduce a 5th tire compound for the 2011 Formula 1 championship, according to a report from Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. As confirmed by the FIA's World Mo...
De la Rosa Back to McLaren as Reserve
10 Mar 2011, 09:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Pedro de la Rosa has returned “home” to McLaren Mercedes and will be test and reserve driver for the British squad for the 2011 season of Formula 1. The Spaniard had hoped to return t...
HRT Could Overtake Red Bull in 2011
10 Mar 2011, 07:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Pirelli's highly degradable tires for the 2011 season of Formula 1 will lead to some interesting and, at the same time, confusing moments in the upcoming campaign. What would qualify for such a...
Pirelli Friday F1 Tire Testing Approved for 2011
8 Mar 2011, 15:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has decided to allow the Formula 1 teams to test “experimental” Pirelli tires during the Friday practice sessions of some Grands Prix throug...
Hamilton Hits at Pirelli Tires for Making F1 Slow
7 Mar 2011, 10:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton has openly criticized the new tires developed by Pirelli for the 2011 Formula 1 season. And we know he isn't the only one doing it – basically the entire F1 field, with few...
Pirelli Denies 2011 Tires Built for Schumacher
7 Mar 2011, 08:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The new Formula 1 season will undoubtedly look much different from its predeceasing year, especially if we are to consider race strategy. And that's because Pirelli has become the new tire supp...
Red Bull Sandbagging in Barcelona?
25 Feb 2011, 09:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Recent testing in the month of February has brought forward several allegations within the F1 paddock that some teams might consider doing late “glory laps” with their cars low on fuel a...
Massa Admits Excitement Over New Car, Pirelli Tires
23 Feb 2011, 09:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / In a time when many are criticizing the tire compounds developed by Pirelli for the 2011 Formula 1 season, Ferrari's Felipe Massa seems to be one of the few excited drivers heading into the new...
Pirelli's Problem Is Lack of Balance, Not Tire Wear - Trulli
23 Feb 2011, 07:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Formula 1 veteran Jarno Trulli joined the Pirelli criticism club after the last group test in Barcelona, saying that the real problem with the Italian tire maker's compound is not so much their...
Alonso, Webber Warn Overtaking Will Not Be Fun in 2011
21 Feb 2011, 08:02 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso argued that the element that will spice up the competition the most in the 2011 Formula 1 season will not be the adjustable rear wing or the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS), el...
Alonso Says Pirelli Tire Degradation the Same in Barcelona
20 Feb 2011, 12:29 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Pirelli might have brought some newly-spec soft and super-soft tires in Barcelona this weekend, but according to Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso there isn’t much difference between what the te...
Pirelli Confirms Tire Compounds for First 4 Races in 2011
16 Feb 2011, 10:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After weeks of speculation, Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli has finally announced the compounds it will bring to the opening 4 rounds of the 2011 Formula 1 championship. As expected, the first opt...
Pirelli Will Modify Super Soft Tires for 2011
16 Feb 2011, 09:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / We have been hearing a lot about the new tires developed by Italian company Pirelli for the 2011 Formula One championship, and most of the reports suggested a highly degradable compound put in place...
Karthikeyan Doesn't Complain About F1 Tires, HRT Car
15 Feb 2011, 15:44 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / When he'll drive HRT's 2011 challenger at this year's Bahrain Grand Prix first practice on Friday, Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan will be making his official return to Formula 1 aft...
Alonso Tips New F1 Season to Be More Spicy
15 Feb 2011, 09:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso admitted once again that Formula 1 racing in 2011 will undoubtedly change due to the different texture and characteristics of the new Pirelli tires. And that's no news to anyone...