Sebastian Vettel started his world championship defence in imperious form by dominating qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Sebastian Vettel will begin his title defence this weekend in Australia. Can he start the year with a victory? Vote now... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he and Red Bull Racing have nothing to fear from the huge uncertainty that new rules have thrown up, as he begins his title defence at this weekend's... read more »

As he prepares to launch the defence of his hard-fought F1 World Championship crown in Melbourne at the end of the month, Sebastian Vettel admits that Red Bull is looking good... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is optimistic that there will be no repeat of Red Bull's early-season reliability problems of recent years as it starts its title defence read more »

Martin Whitmarsh has come out in defence of Pirelli, calling on teams and drivers to think before they criticise the tyre manufacturer which makes its read more »

Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) chairman and McLaren-Mercedes team principal Martin Whitmarsh has sprung to the defence of Pirelli following a raft of recent criticism. read more »

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has leapt to the defence of Pirelli amid widespread criticism of the 2011 tyres  read more »

Williams tech boss Sam Michael has come to the defence of Pirelli, insisting that the progress they have made has "been fantastic"... read more »

Williams technical director Sam Michael has come to the defence of Pirelli in the wake of criticism over their tyres for F1 2011. read more »

A "pumped" Sebastian Vettel has called for greater effort from his Red Bull team ahead of his defence of the F1 World title... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has said, unsurprisingly, that he wants to pick up as many points as he can in the first part of the season to get his title defence off to the best possible... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is targeting a strong start to his 2011 title defence - in a bid to try and avoid the stresses that come from end of season world championship showdowns. read more »

Former Formula One driver and VW advisor Hans-Joachim Stuck has jumped to the defence of Mark Webber after Red Bull team boss Christian Horner revealed his 'disappointment... read more »

After a spirited defence of his world championship title in 2010, Jenson Button is already focusing on how he can improve next season during the winter break. And one of the... read more »

Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz is confident the Championship-winning outfit will remain intact for the defence of the double in the 2011 season. read more »

The defence of his championship crown ended in Spa, claims Jenson Button. read more »

Jenson Button said he was happy with how things had gone during his first season with McLaren although he saw his title defence end with fifth place in Brazil read more »

There were no significant upsets for Force India on Friday, with the Silverstone-based team delivering a clean pair of practice sessions at Interlagos as it prepares to... read more »

Jenson Button is not giving up on his title defence despite lying fifth in the standings and 42 points off championship leader Fernando Alonso read more »

Springing to Mark Webber's defence, Red Bull's Christian Horner has blasted as 'ridiculous' claims from Gerhard Berger that the Australian tried to take... read more »

Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has come to the defence of Mark Webber and rubbished claims made by Gerhard Berger that the Aussie was looking to take out one of his... read more »

The BBC has issued a statement in defence of its channel-switch during Sunday's inaugural Korean Grand Prix, following almost 300 complaints from disgruntled viewers... read more »

Jenson Button was left only to admit that it is now practically impossible to defend his Formula 1 title this season, having spun his way to a non-points-scoring result in... read more »

Seemingly resigned to the fact that the defence of his crown is now a lost cause, McLaren's Jenson Button tips Sebastian Vettel to defeat Mark Webber in the internecine... read more »