ESPNF1 In Focus

May 31, 2011: Pirelli believes a rule tweak could have created a more exciting finish to last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix

May 25, 2011: Two Formula One veterans - Jarno Trulli and Rubens Barrichello - have said scrap for pole position has lost its importance because of the changes to tyres in 2011

May 24, 2011: Felipe Massa reckons McLaren and Red Bull were the only teams able of getting the new hard compound Pirelli tyres to work properly at the Spanish Grand Prix

May 23, 2011: Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembrey said that the new hard compound was "fantastic" in the Spanish Grand Prix.

May 19, 2011: Bernie Ecclestone has heaped praise on Pirelli for improving the sport and being daring enough to produce tyres that degrade more quickly

May 17, 2011: Pirelli has confirmed it will bring a new version of its hard compound tyre to the Spanish Grand Prix in order to reduce levels of degradation

May 11, 2011: Lotus chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne has said that Pirelli deserves credit for risking its reputation in order to make for more exciting races.

May 11, 2011: Jarno Trulli has said that the downside to the new rules in 2011 is "the end of qualifying".

May 9, 2011: Sebastian Vettel's dominance at the Turkish Grand Prix was underlined after tyre supplier Pirelli revealed that he could have gone the distance on a three-stop strategy and still won the race

May 8, 2011: Pirelli has announced the tyre compounds that will be used in the Canadian, European and British Grands Prix.

May 7, 2011: Pirelli is targeting a "long term" presence in Formula One, the Italian company's president said in Turkey on Saturday

May 6, 2011: Pirelli insists there is no danger the teams will run short of wet tyres at the Turkish Grand Prix despite some drivers restricting their running in the wet first practice to save sets in case of rain later in the weekend

May 5, 2011: Pirelli is planning to race a new 'super hard' tyre compound at the Spanish Grand Prix in two weeks time as long as it can test it properly during Friday practice at this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix