F1 News

As has been the case for the last two years, the P Zero Yellow soft and P Zero Red supersoft have been nominated for the Monaco Grand Prix: the two softest tyres in Pirelli’s range.

Toyota have denied rumours that it is working on an engine to return to Formula one in the next few years. Some sources had been pointing in that direction, saying that members of the Cologne base confirmed this.

Mercedes AMG have confirmed that Paddy Lowe, McLaren's former technical director will join the Mercedes squad. An agreement was made with Mercedes to make Lowe available as of 3 June.

Even though Caterham didn't get more than a 17th position finish at the Spanish GP, progress is clear at Caterham. At least that is the view of team principal Cyril Abiteboul who is sure there's more to come.

Following a waterfall of criticism after the Spanish GP, Pirelli decided to change the tyre compounds from the Canadian GP onwards, aiming for less stops during the race. Lotus and Ferrari however are not all pleased with this announcement and jointly out their criticism.

An increasing amount of rumours from various sources are pointing to the return of Honda into Formula One. All known facts and expectations point to the Japanese firm supplying Honda V6 turbo engines to McLaren.

This year’s Pirelli P Zero Formula One tyre range will change from the Canadian Grand Prix onwards, using a revised construction. The move follows the Spanish Grand Prix, which had four pit stops per driver. The new range will combine elements from the 2012 and 2013 tyres to have both durability and performance.

Ferrari team principal enjoyed the double podium at the Spanish Grand Prix, but despite the success stressed that the Scuderia has no time now to celebrate.

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso won his home grand prix using a four-stop sprint strategy, something that was rather unexpected for the Italian tyre supplier who anticipated a three stopper as the best choice.

Both Ferraris worked up their ways through the field to make up for their difficult qualifying session yesterday. Two perfectly executed four stop strategies brought the team a double podium finish.

Kimi Räikkönen took his fourth podium finish of the season with second place in the Spanish Grand Prix; moving him to within a tantalising four points of Championship Leader Sebastian Vettel. Romain Grosjean’s race ended after just 8 laps following a suspension failure on the right rear of his car.

A hard fought race yielded little reward for Marussia in the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona today, where Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton finished in 18th and 19th positions respectively. Both their races were already compromised after the first few laps.

Paul Di Resta scored six points for Sahara Force India in today’s Spanish Grand Prix. Teammate Adrian Sutil’s race was compromised by a slow pit stop, which denied him a chance to join Paul in the points.

Caterham drivers Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde had strong weekends that creates optimism for the remainder of the season. Pic finished 17th while Van der Garde had to abandon due to losing a wheel on track.

Sauber F1 Team drivers Esteban Gutiérrez and Nico Hülkenberg finished today's Spanish GP in 11th and 15th places. Nico Hülkenberg’s race in particular was ruined by an early release at a pit stop, followed by a stop and go penalty.

Pastor Maldonado finished 14th with Valtteri Bottas 16th in today’s Spanish Grand Prix. Williams opted to switch Pastor onto a four-stop strategy, because of the high tyre degradation, with Valtteri remaining on his planned three-stop.

McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Sergio Perez both had interesting races which salvaged some of the problems the team had earlier this weekend. Both men finished in the points, in 8th and 9th positions.