Bottas had hoped to take the fight to Red Bull's Max Verstappen in Monaco after seeing pole-sitter Charles Leclerc fail to start, promoting the Mercedes driver to second... read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has defended Lewis Hamilton's rare public demonstration of frustration towards his team following a nightmare Monaco Grand Prix qualifying. read more »

Christian Horner has defended the unified voting policy of Red Bull and AlphaTauri, saying it is at least overt due to their common ownership. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has defended his decision not to let Lewis Hamilton pass easily at the Spanish Grand Prix despite being told to move over by his team. read more »

Fernando Alonso has conceded Alpine F1 was "too brave" with its one-stop strategy in the Spanish Grand Prix, but has defended the team for its risky approach. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has defended his failure to move aside for his teammate, costing him precious time as he pursued race leader Max Verstappen. read more »

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas has defended his decision to battle team-mate Lewis Hamilton for position during the Spanish Grand Prix despite the different strategies between the... read more »

Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton defended Valtteri Bottas as an 'amazing team mate' on Thursday after the Finn faced questions about his future... read more »

Guenther Steiner says radio messages criticising Nikita Mazepin are "attention-grabbing" by F1, and has defended his driver. read more »

Andreas Seidl has defended McLaren after a Helmut Marko jibe over a radio message to Lando Norris during Portuguese Grand Prix qualifying. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has defended George Russell after he was criticised for taking a swing at Valtteri Bottas following their Imola crash. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has defended George Russell for his emotional outburst after colliding with F1 rival Valtteri Bottas at Imola. read more »

Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has defended Sergio Perez following his costly spin at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix last Sunday. The Mexican endured a difficult race,... read more »

Michael Masi has defended the decision to activate DRS after George Russell said it played a role in his crash with Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has denied he defended more aggressively against George Russell, the man in line for his Mercedes race seat, than he would another driver. read more »

Haas boss Guenther Steiner has defended Nikita Mazepin after the rookie driver endured another fraught day of Formula 1 running in Italy. Mazepin's Formula 1 debut in... read more »

Red Bull's Sergio Perez has defended the decision to complete his final Q2 lap on Medium tyres after his first attempt was deleted due to a track limit violation. Perez... read more »

Zak Brown has defended Netflix's treatment of the McLaren team in the new season of Drive to Survive, recognising it is for entertainment. read more »

Following an unconvincing pre-season test, Mercedes boss, Toto Wolff has defended the team's decision not to exploit the filming day rule read more »

Nikita Mazepin's former boss, Hitech's Oliver Oakes, has defended the rookie driver, saying enough is enough with the "unjustified low blows". read more »

Aston Martin team boss, Otmar Szafnauer has defended the decision to sign Sebastian Vettel, insisting that the German isn't "over the hill" and is still... read more »

Dr Helmut Marko has defended Red Bull's junior driver programe in the wake of Alex Albon's demotion to a reserve and development role. read more »

The lady in Nikita Mazepin's "abhorrent" video has defended the 2021 Haas signing as a "really good person" who would never humiliate her. read more »

Fernando Alonso has defended his Renault team's controversial decision to run him in the young driver test in Abu Dhabi at the end of the season. read more »

Following a Sakhir Grand Prix that posed more questions than it answered, Valtteri Bottas defended a performance that he admits could have made him look like a c***. read more »