Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has leaped to the defence of read more »

Formula One champions Mercedes also dominated the sport's virtual racetracks on Wednesday with British gamer Brendon Leigh starting the defence of his F1 Esports title... read more »

Lewis Hamilton hits out in defence of F1 world title rival Sebastian Vettel by calling for the media to "show a little more respect" read more »

Lewis Hamilton jumps to the defence of title rival Sebastian Vettel after the implosion of his championship challenge, saying 'being humans we will make mistakes'. read more »

Ricciardo says Bottas' defensive move in the battle for P4 in Hungary was "definitely over the top", but was pleased to pass him for position on-track despite a... read more »

Coming to the defence of her drivers, Claire Williams admits even Lewis Hamilton would struggle in the FW41. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has jumped to the defence of the team's head strategist after the call which cost Lewis Hamilton the lead of the Austrian Grand Prix. read more »

As the media shifts its gaze from Max Verstappen to Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton comes to the German's defence. read more »

Despite failing to get either car through to Q2, and at a time of increasing media pressure, Fernando Alonso has leapt to McLaren's defence. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says it would be "weak" of him to doubt Mercedes can win the 2018 Formula 1 title after losing the world championship lead to Sebastian Vettel in Canada read more »

In the wake of criticism from fans and drivers of Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, F1 technical boss Ross Brawn has leapt to the defence of the event. read more »

Sebastian Vettel leapt to the defence of Lewis Hamilton after his championship rival was questioned about calling Max Verstappen a "d***head" following the Bahrain GP. read more »

Sebastian Vettel jumps to the defence of rival Lewis Hamilton following question from Dutch journo. read more »

Sebastian Vettel came to the defence of Lewis Hamilton in the post-race press conference after the Brit called Max Verstappen "a ****head" for their collision in Bahrain. read more »

Sebastian Vettel launched a strong defence of Formula 1 rival Lewis Hamilton over comments the Mercedes driver made about Max Verstappen straight after the Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

Who do Mercedes fear most in 2018? What did they learn from testing? Will Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas be allowed to go toe-to-toe for the title? Hear from Toto Wolff and... read more »

Mercedes will present its new F1 car, the W09, at Silverstone on February 22 ahead of its title defence. read more »

While congratulating Mercedes for fourth consecutive F1 drivers’ and constructors’ world titles Niki Lauda has warned of an “even more difficult” challenge ahead read more »

Felipe drove a perfect race, managing all of his systems, and particularly the tyres, to maintain that defence and finish very strongly as the "best of the rest" in... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has launched a robust defence of Ferrari's under-pressure team boss Maurizio Arrivabene. read more »

AUSTIN -- Lewis Hamilton was surprised his title rival Sebastian Vettel did not defend harder when he passed the Ferrari driver for the lead of the U.S. Grand Prix. Vettel... read more »

Guenther Steiner has once again defended Kevin Magnussen, this time after Fernando Alonso called him an "idiot" at the Malaysian Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton was able to defend his position from Sebastian Vettel at the safety car restart by being in the wrong engine mode! read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes Max Verstappen is still "a bit jumpy" when defending his position in Formula 1, following their wheel-to-wheel battle in the British Grand Prix read more »

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff has launched a trenchant defence of Lewis Hamilton and hit out at reports of a rift with his star driver. read more »