FIA race director Michael Masi has defended the length of time it took for decisions to be made over two high-profile incidents in recent Formula 1 rounds. read more »

Even though he was pipped to the drive, Oscar Piastri defended Guanyu Zhou after the new Alfa Romeo driver received criticism on social media. read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi has defended the time taken for decisions to be made after two separate instances in the past two weeks where cases took almost a day to close. read more »

F1 race director Michael Masi has defended the stewards' process after two race weekends filled with delayed rulings. read more »

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Formula 1 Race Director Michael Masi has defended the prolonged wait for certain stewarding decisions that have taken place in recent weekends. In Brazil Lewis Hamilton's... read more »

Horner received a warning from the FIA stewards after the race in Losail on Sunday for remarks where he accused a "rogue marshal" of having put out double-waved... read more »

Max Verstappen says "we are not here to be in a kindergarten" as he defended his "hard racing" against Lewis Hamilton in the Sao Paulo GP. read more »

Ahead of the right of review hearing, Max Verstappen has defended the incident at Turn 4 last weekend insisting that it was a "great battle". read more »

The Red Bull driver's behaviour is under the spotlight in Qatar this weekend with Mercedes asking the FIA for a right to review its decision not to investigate the... read more »

Emerson Fittipaldi has backed the FIA's decision to exclude Lewis Hamilton from Sao Paulo Grand Prix qualifying, saying they followed their rules properly. read more »

Carlos Sainz defended himself from blame following a collision with McLaren's Lando Norris at the start of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix and claimed the incident cost him the... read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has moved to defend Valtteri Bottas's performance at the United States Grand Prix, insisting his driver "didn't drop any... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo defends his clash with Carlos Sainz in the closing stages of Sunday's Grand Prix which the Spaniard claims was deliberate, indeed "a bit dirty". read more »

Sergio Perez has leapt to the defence of Netflix docu-series 'Drive to Survive' after Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen's slating and snub of the series. read more »

Ex-F1 driver Jolyon Palmer says Lando Norris was not to blame in any way for victory slipping away at the Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Martin Brundle says that while Max Verstappen attempted a perhaps "over-ambitious" pass on Lewis Hamilton, it was needed. read more »

Ross Brawn is happy with the progress of sprint qualifying despite a mostly uneventful second trial of the format at the Italian Grand Prix. read more »

The Monza sprint race has been criticised by fans and even drivers after a lack of action on the track.The event also served to split title contenders Max Verstappen and Lewis... read more »

Halfway through a mixed debut campaign, AlphaTauri technical chief Jody Egginton has defended Yuki Tsunoda's "ups and downs". read more »

Mick Schumacher says a sensitive car and his need to push hard given that Haas are "lagging behind" led to his Hungarian FP3 crash. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has launched a vigorous defence of Lewis Hamilton after his Mercedes team-mate was booed and jeered by F1 fans after qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix. read more »

George Russell believes Lewis Hamilton's clash with Max Verstappen at the British Grand Prix was simply a racing incident and he doesn't think it was a... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has defended himself and Mercedes against Max Verstappen's claim of "disrespectful" British Grand Prix celebrations. read more »

It was a "pity" that Lando Norris was slapped with a penalty in Austria, with Mika Hakkinen saying Sergio Perez drifted off the track. read more »