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The final day of Pirelli 2026 tyre development testing took place on Wednesday, October 29, in Mexico City. Kicking off the action was Valtteri Bottas, third driver for the Mercedes-AMG F1 team, at the wheel of a mule car based on the current W16 …

Pirelli’s last development test for the 2026 Formula 1 tyres before all the teams get to try them at the post-season session after this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is currently taking place at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City.Fresh …

It’s properly autumn at the Mugello circuit in Italy, where Pirelli has just completed two days of development testing of the 2026 tyres. As was the case yesterday, rain hampered the efforts of the Pirelli engineers, today working in conjunction …

First day of testing this week for Pirelli at the Mugello circuit, working in conjunction with Haas and Scuderia Ferrari. The programme focused on defining the hardest compounds from the 2026 range. Today, the American team’s two race drivers, …

Pirelli’s two-day test at Monza focusing on developing the 2026 compounds ended with a half-day of track action today. Carlos Sainz in the Williams and Isack Hadjar for Racing Bulls lapped in the afternoon, trying a version of the Cinturato …

Four teams were on track today at Monza for the first of two days of testing organised by Pirelli to work on 2026 tyre development. Having won the Italian Grand Prix here on Sunday, Max Verstappen was back in action along with Red Bull Racing …

The second and final day of development tests for the 2026 tyres took place today at the Hungaroring where Alpine and Scuderia Ferrari supported Pirelli in this delicate work.It was again hot today – between 21 and 29 °C air temperatures, 31 and 53 …

This morning a new Pirelli test session got underway at the Hungaroring, centred on development of the 2026 tyres. Taking part were the McLaren, Racing Bulls and Alpine teams.On a day marked by ambient temperatures ranging between 21°C and 31°C and …

Pirelli’s test at Silverstone ended today. Once again Aston Martin and Sauber provided the car and drivers for tests aimed at development of the 2026 tyres. Today’s work focused on a comparison between various options for the three hardest compounds …

After a spectacular British Grand Prix last weekend, Pirelli was back on track at Silverstone for two days of testing, aimed at development of the 2026 tyres.The task of collaborating on this complex and important phase of preparation for next …

The final development test for the 2026 intermediate and wet weather tyres ended today at the Fiorano circuit. The Pirelli engineers were working in collaboration with Scuderia Ferrari HP, continuing their task of comparing various prototypes, in …

Another Pirelli test session dedicated to 2026 tyre development got underway today at the Fiorano circuit.  Working with Scuderia Ferrari HP, the Pirelli engineers carried out a comparison of various intermediate and extreme wet prototype …

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team and Oracle Red Bull Racing had their respective drivers Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Yuki Tsunoda working on development of the Pirelli 2026 tyres on this second day of the test at the Barcelona circuit. Once again, the …

A new Pirelli test session focussed on tyres for 2026 got underway today. Working with Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team and Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team, the Pirelli engineers ran comparisons of several constructions and compounds of dry weather …

Second and final day of Pirelli testing at Silverstone, focused on 2026 wet weather tyre development. Once again today, it was the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team which provided the car and driver, a mule car based on the 2024 W15, with George Russell …

A new test session for Pirelli 2026 tyres got underway today. In conjunction with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, Pirelli engineers began work on development of the Cinturato tyre range, the full wets and intermediates, which were first tested …

This afternoon, the curtain came down on a long test session for Pirelli at Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit. After the three day official pre-season test, from 26 to 28 February, Formula 1’s Global Tyre Partner spent the past two days working with Alpine …

After the three day test involving all the drivers and teams competing in the Formula 1 championship, the Sakhir track is now hosting “extra time” with two more days of Pirelli testing, carried out with Alpine and Williams.The aim is the same since …

The third test session of 2025 came to an end this afternoon at the Angel Nieto circuit in Jerez de la Frontera in southern Spain. Once again, testing centred on development of the 2026 tyres, which as previously mentioned maintain the current 18” …

The third session of testing for Pirelli in 2025 began today at the Circuito Angel Nieto at Spain’s Jerez de la Frontera with the collaboration of the BTW Alpine F1 team and McLaren F1 Racing, the latter team having already taken part in the year’s …

Second and final day of testing for Pirelli at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit, once again in conjunction with Scuderia Ferrari HP and McLaren F1 Racing. The same three drivers were working with the Pirelli engineers today on development of the 2026 …

Pirelli’s second test session of 2025 got underway today at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit, the track located near the Spanish town of Granollers. Having already taken part in the two-day session at Paul Ricard, McLaren F1 Racing was again working …

The first test session of 2025 relating to the development of the next generation of rain tyres, carried out with the McLaren F1 Team, came to an end this afternoon at the Le Castellet circuit. The focus of the test was on the wet and intermediate …

A day of two halves at Paul Ricard, aimed at development testing of the 2026 wet weather tyres. This Pirelli test was run in conjunction with the McLaren F1 team.In the morning, Oscar Piastri was at the wheel of a McLaren F1 Team MCL60. He was …

Finally a high mileage day at Magny-Cours (France) on the second day of a test of Pirelli wet weather tyres for the 2026 season, with BWT Alpine F1 Team providing the car and driver. Jack Doohan was at the wheel of an A523, modified to accept the …

Today, the prototype rain tyres for 2026 were scheduled to make their track debut at Magny-Cours, these tyres running the same 18” rims as the current generation, but with slightly smaller width and external diameter, on both the front and rear …

Finally, the rain eased off at Mugello and the second day of this test was able to run according to plan. Four drivers were in action at the Tuscan track: as he did yesterday, reserve driver Liam Lawson got behind the wheel for Oracle Red Bull …

Rain seems particularly attached to Pirelli’s development test programme in this final quarter of 2024. Last week, the two days spent at Magny-Cours were, to say the least, complicated by the weather and now the session that started today at the …

Second day of testing for Pirelli at Magny-Cours, carried out with support from the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team, fielding George Russell at the wheel of an F1W15.After rain made for limited track time yesterday, the weather again had its say …

Today should have been a day of wet weather tyre testing at the Magny-Cours circuit, but in fact there was actually too much rain for the test to proceed! The circuit that hosted the French Formula 1 Grand Prix 18 times from 1992 to 2008, is playing …