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THE DAY ON TRACK  Max Verstappen took the Pirelli Pole Position Award for the Japanese Grand Prix, the Dutchman’s ninth of the year, a number that can no longer be beaten this season. It’s the second time the Red Bull driver has topped the number of ...

THE DAY ON TRACKIt was a particularly busy Friday on the tyre front. On a track that’s always tough on tyres, today, apart from the usual evaluation of the three compounds chosen for this weekend, teams also had the possibility to try a new version o...

MARIO ISOLA - PIRELLI HEAD OF MOTORSPORT   “The Japanese Grand Prix takes place on one of the most fascinating and demanding tracks in Formula 1 history: Suzuka, with its unique figure of eight layout. This historic venue is a drivers’ favourite, bei...

Carlos Sainz has won the Singapore Grand Prix. It was the Spaniard’s second career victory, coming at the end of what was a far more exciting race than recent editions at this track, with four drivers all seemingly in the hunt for victory from start ...

THE DAY ON TRACKIt was a very busy day on track in Singapore, with drivers making the most of the 120 minutes to get to grips with one of the most demanding circuits on the calendar, both in terms of the conditions – very hot weather and running unde...

MARIO ISOLA - PIRELLI HEAD OF MOTORSPORT   “The closing stages of this long season, taking Formula 1 to three continents and 16 different time zones, kicks off in Singapore this weekend. This was the first race to take place under artificial light: a...

Max Verstappen won the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d’Italia 2023, taking the chequered flag ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez, to give Red Bull its 28th one-two finish. Max took his tenth consecutive win, a Formula 1 record, as well as his second Ita...

THE DAY ON TRACK  After a very orange celebration in Zandvoort a week ago when Max Verstappen took pole, today was a red letter day for Ferrari, as Carlos Sainz delighted the Monza crowd by securing the number one slot on the grid. It was a very clos...

THE DAY ON TRACK The first day of practice at the Temple of Speed, as Monza is universally known, proved to be a very busy one for drivers and teams. In pretty stable weather conditions, the teams worked hard on evaluating all three dry weather compo...

Once the European part of the season is over, Formula 1 undertakes the final push with eight races in just over two months, travelling from the Far East to North and South America. Pirelli has announced the tyre nominations for the first three of tho...

‘Tifone’ – or ‘Typhon’, in English – is the name of the trophy that will be awarded at the end of the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d’Italia 2023 to the top three drivers and the winning constructor. The trophy is a unique piece of sculpture created ...

MARIO ISOLA - PIRELLI HEAD OF MOTORSPORT   “As usual, the European Formula 1 season draws to a close in Monza: which is also Pirelli’s home event as our headquarters are just a few kilometres away from this iconic circuit. Monza is synonymous with sp...

Max Verstappen took his third consecutive Dutch Grand Prix victory, at the same time equalling the record for nine straight wins in a season, previously set by Sebastian Vettel in 2013, also at the wheel of a Red Bull. This was Verstappen’s 46th care...

THE DAY ON TRACK  There was no way Max Verstappen was going to disappoint his fans who formed a sea of orange at his home race and indeed he did not. The Dutchman secured his 28th pole position, his third in a row at Zandvoort for a perfect 100% reco...

THE DAY ON TRACK  The first day of track action at Zandvoort was a busy one, even if both free practice sessions were briefly stopped once because of cars having gone off the track and into the gravel trap or the barriers. Lando Norris was quickest o...

MARIO ISOLA - MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR   “The second half of the season gets underway with a unique race. The Dutch Grand Prix takes place in Zandvoort: one of the most traditionally demanding tracks on the calendar that returned to the Formula 1 schedule...

Pirelli has announced the slick tyre nominations for the Dutch Grand Prix (25-27 August) and Italian Grand Prix (1-3 September).The C1, C2, and C3 have been chosen for Zandvoort, as was the case last year. Zandvoort is one of the most demanding circu...

After winning yesterday’s Sprint, Max Verstappen did the double, winning the Belgian Grand Prix for a third consecutive time. It extends Red Bull’s winning streak to 13, the team unbeaten so far this season. This was the reigning world champion’s 45t...

The Sprint Saturday in Spa was yet another Max Verstappen day, first in the Shootout and then in the Race. While the race against the clock was very hard to call, with the top three – Verstappen, Piastri and Sainz – all covered by just 25 thousandths...

THE DAY ON TRACKOnce again in this 2023 season, the quickest driver in qualifying was Max Verstappen, but the Dutch champion will actually have to start, not from pole position, but from sixth, as he has to take a penalty for using his fifth gearbox ...

MARIO ISOLA - MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR    “After just a couple of days off, there’s another Formula 1 race this weekend: the last before the summer break. The Belgian Grand Prix is one of the most prestigious races on the calendar, held on a track that’s ...

MARIO ISOLA - MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR   “It was a very interesting weekend which saw a trial of a new tyre allocation format, as well as evaluating bringing a trio of compounds one step softer than in the past. As for the ATA, first and foremost, it shou...

THE DAY ON TRACK Lewis Hamilton took his ninth Hungarian Grand Prix pole position, the most poles of any driver at any one circuit. The last time he had been fastest in Q3 dates back to the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and today’s result brings his ...

THE DAY ON TRACK The first day of practice for the 38th Hungarian Grand Prix featured changeable weather. Rain affected the first session to the extent that dry weather tyres could only be used for the first few minutes. Then came the rain and all th...

MARIO ISOLA - MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR    "The Hungarian Grand Prix has become a classic event of the Formula 1 summer season, and as such the air and asphalt temperatures, which are usually very high, are the main features. This puts the drivers, cars an...

MARIO ISOLA - MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR   “First of all, well done to the amazing crowd at Silverstone: 480,000 is an impressive record, a sign of the incredible popularity Formula 1 is experiencing right now. From a tyre point of view, this weekend delive...

THE DAY ON TRACK Max Verstappen took his 27th F1 pole position, his seventh this year. Even if that looked very predictable based on yesterday’s performance, the way it was achieved and the source of the threat to the Dutchman’s position was certainl...

THE DAY ON TRACK The British Grand Prix weekend has also begun with Max Verstappen dominating proceedings, topping the time sheets from FP1 and FP2 in his Red Bull. He set the fastest time of the day in the second session in 1.28.078 on a set of Soft...

MARIO ISOLA - MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR    “The British Grand Prix will mark the debut of a new slick tyre construction, using materials that have been brought forward from their anticipated introduction next year. This change in specification was made nec...

Pirelli has revealed the choice of compounds for the Hungarian Grand Prix (21-23 July) and Belgian Grand Prix (28-30 July). At the Hungaroring, softer compounds will now be used compared to last year:  the C3 will be P Zero White hard, C4 will be P Z...