In order to extract the quickest lap times from a Formula 1 car, teams run on super-slick, super-sticky bespoke Pirelli tires that are purpose-made for running on some of the best race tracks ...

The shortest way between two points is a straight line, but F1 drivers do a lot of zigzagging on the track. There's method to ...

Well, the joke’s on me because tires are interesting now. And even worse, they’re making F1 interesting as well. Beyond the colossal blowouts of Baku, the French Grand Prix—an event billed ...

Many have said and will continue to say that F1 is far too obsessed with its status as a “show” in 2024, but when I consider the worst-case scenario of the tire war that we observed in ...

But Pirelli is out to fix that. The Italian rubber company has been the exclusive provider of F1 tires for the last four seasons since it replaced Bridgestone, but while it's developed its own ...

It can also suit the promoters. Zandvoort’s decision to stop hosting F1 after 2026 points to the pressures — and costs — involved in staging a race. Spa looked in serious doubt just a few years ago, ...