ESPNF1 In Focus

August 3, 2011: Pirelli has announced which tyre compounds it will be bring to the next three grands prix

July 23, 2011: Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery says that the experimental soft tyres tested during Friday practice for the German Grand Prix could become next season's medium compound.

July 6, 2011: Lucas di Grassi has been named as the new Pirelli test driver charged with helping to develop the 2012 tyres.

June 29, 2011: Pirelli has revealed its tyre selections up until the Hungarian Grand Prix and confirmed it is sticking with its original plan to run the soft and hard compounds at next weekend's British Grand Prix

June 28, 2011: Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery believes the ban on off-throttle blown diffusers will bring the grid closer together but will be "a big learning curve".

June 27, 2011: Motorsport director Paul Hembery talks to ESPNF1 about Pirelli's season so far, its plans for the future and the impact of the blown diffuser regulation changes

June 26, 2011: Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery says the teams will be faced with challenging strategies due to the heat in today's European Grand Prix.

June 21, 2011: Pirelli will be supplying the medium and soft compounds at the European Grand Prix, having originally announced it would be the supersoft that was given to the teams.

June 6, 2011: Pirelli has announced that it has passed 50 grand prix wins following the Monaco Grand Prix.

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.