FIA president, Jean Todt has defended F1's bid to expand the calendar to as many as 25 races. read more »

Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto's desire to add a female driver to the Academy received some criticism, but W Series chief Catherine Bond Muir has defended the... read more »

Claire Williams has defended her team's decision to recruit Roy Nissany as official test driver, insisting that he will benefit the team. read more »

With 8 drivers on the 2020 grid younger than him, and six having made their F1 debuts as teenagers, Nicholas Latifi defends his late arrival. read more »

Pirelli has defended its 2020-spec tyres following a less than enthusiastic reception from the drivers in Austin. read more »

Pirelli defends 2020-spec tyres after Austin criticism read more »

Sebastian Vettel has defended the decision to introduce faster, wider cars to Formula 1 by saying the increase in car weight was ultimately the wrong direction. read more »

Ferrari has denied accusations it was forced to adapt the way it runs its engine this weekend as a result of a technical clarification by the FIA. read more »

Lewis Hamilton defends his use of social media to raise awareness about global environmental issues. read more »

Formula 1 drivers have supported Lewis Hamilton over his recent social media posts about the environment, with Sebastian Vettel saying the sport could be doing more to help. read more »

Toro Rosso will rebrand in 2020 and Subaru calls time on its BTCC campaign. On Track Recap gets you up to speed with the top motorsport news from Autosport.com.  read more »

Lewis Hamilton deserves every one of his five, very likely soon to be six, Drivers' Championship says rival Sebastian Vettel. read more »

Formula 1 race director Michael Masi says allowing secret tolerances in jump-start rules remains correct, despite the controversy over Sebastian Vettel's Japanese Grand... read more »

Charles Leclerc has defended Ferrari's Russian Grand Prix strategy read more »

Denied a third successive win by his team-mate, Sebastian Vettel says he "probably" would have been equally as upset as Charles Leclerc in Singapore. read more »

Sebastian Vettel can sympathise with Ferrari F1 teammate Charles Leclerc's frustrations over team radio during the Singapore Grand Prix. read more »

Haas team boss, Guenther Steiner defends decision to retain Romain Grosjean, admitting choice between the Frenchman and Nico Hulkenberg "was a close call". read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff defends Sebastian Vettel and expects the four-time F1 world champion to fight back after an error-strewn Italian Grand Prix read more »

As the debate continues, race director, Michael Masi has defended the decision to give Charles Leclerc a warning, as opposed to a penalty, for the “over-zealous” defence of his... read more »

Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner has defended the nature of his company's young driver programme after Pierre Gasly's demotion to Toro Rosso read more »

Red Bull motorsport consultant, Helmut Marko, defends decision to drop Pierre Gasly mid-season. read more »

Haas principal Guenther Steiner has hit back at Daniel Ricciardo after his criticism of Kevin Magnussen's defensive driving at the Hungarian GP. read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi says Sunday's quick start with the lights at the French Grand Prix was "certainly within the tolerances" of the regulations. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo defends his last-lap French Grand Prix overtakes despite suffering post-race penalties which dropped him out of the points places read more »

Sebastian Vettel has defended his emotional outburst following his controversial penalty during F1's Canadian Grand Prix and says he "wasn't losing his temper". read more »