Sebastian Vettel has defended his attempted pass for the lead on Valtteri Bottas and is using his experience to block out the criticism. read more »

The Frenchman defended his driving in the contact with Kimi Raikkonen that ended his race early. read more »

Fernando Alonso has defended McLaren's start to the 2018 F1 season and urged people to judge them on the "facts" rather than "dreams". read more »

Amid accusations the new Haas F1 car bears striking similarities to last year's Ferrari, team principal Guenther Steiner has defended his team's 2018 design. read more »

McLaren has defended its "ambitious" 2018 Formula 1 car design, but admitted its testing reliability problems are because it "didn't do a good enough... read more »

Formula One's managing director Chase Carey has hit back at criticism of the changes Liberty Media has put through recently. He defended his company's decision by... read more »

Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams insisted calling anyone in Formula 1 a "pay driver" is unfair, as she defended the team's 2018 pairing Lance... read more »

With two pay drivers now racing for Williams, Claire Williams has defended her team's line-up saying Williams "only put talented drivers in our car." read more »

Toto Wolff has defended Mercedes' approach to contracts after Cyril Abiteboul branded it "unfair". read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has defended his Formula 1 team's policy surrounding staff contracts following criticism from Renault counterpart Cyril Abiteboul read more »

Marcus Ericsson has defended his record against former Sauber team-mate Pascal Wehrlein, despite failing to score a point in 2017, compared to the five amassed… read more »

Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn has defended its new logo design and says the previous one “was neither iconic or memorable”. read more »

Motorsport director Ross Brawn has defended the decision to change the F1 logo, saying that the old one was not "iconic" and that there was a need to signal the start... read more »

McLaren chief Zak Brown has defended his team's decision to block a plan to keep the shark fin in Formula 1, after criticisms from Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene read more »

Although Toto Wolff has defended Valtteri Bottas's Brazilian GP drive, he concedes the Mercedes driver is still lacking that "killer" instinct. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff says Valtteri Bottas needs more of a "killer" approach, but defended his Brazilian Grand Prix drive read more »

Sebastian Vettel has defended Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene after he came under fire for the team's drop-off in results as it looks set to miss out on the F1... read more »

MEXICO CITY -- FIA race director Charlie Whiting has defended the decision to penalise Max Verstappen at the U.S. Grand Prix, saying accusations of inconsistent stewarding are... read more »

Fernando Alonso has defended his career moves within Formula 1 after Nico Rosberg said "he only had himself to blame" for not competing for more World Championships. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has defended Ferrari after he suffered a further setback due to reliability woes at the Japanese Grand Prix. Vettel led the title battle… read more »

Kevin Magnussen has defended his driving, adamant he won't change his approach when the stewards believe he is within the rules. 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 »

"It was a bit of a shame at the start, as we lost position to Ocon, as Hamilton had a bad start and defended, so I had to back off." read more »

Sir Jackie Stewart has defended the controversial Halo safety device, saying injuries must be prevented rather than treated read more »

The FIA have defended the decision to introduce Halo next season, adamant that it is the "best solution" to "significantly reduce the potential for injuries." read more »