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 »

Max Verstappen defends race officials over the penalty that cost Sebastian Vettel victory in the Canadian Grand Prix after they received abuse on social media. read more »

In today's F1 Gossip, Alonso defends sport, Giovinazzi picks up prestigious award and F1 hopefuls set for superlicence boost. read more »

Max Verstappen's Formula 1 qualifying hopes in Canada took a surprise turn in Q2 as a red flag knocked the Red Bull driver out in P11. read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Pierre Gasly is "getting stronger" despite his low-key start to the 2019 Formula 1 season read more »

Despite commentators feeling Ferrari had delayed the call, team boss Mattia Binotto insists the Scuderia "waited for the right moment" to swap their drives around in... read more »

Lewis Hamilton defends Mercedes against accusations of damaging Formula One after engineering an utterly dominant start to the 2019 season. read more »

Charles Leclerc says he has "absolutely no problems" with Ferrari's team orders and strategy which left him an underwhelming fifth place read more »

Mattia Binotto defends Ferrari's race strategy for Charles Leclerc and says the team did nothing wrong.  read more »

Sebastian Vettel once again defends Ferrari's early use of team orders in F1 2019 as Italian squad looks to "maximise" results.  read more »

Alfa Romeo team boss Frederic Vasseur defends Antonio Giovinazzi following a difficult start to the season. read more »

Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto has defended the tactics that have drawn widespread criticism following today's Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto has defended his team's controversial decision to enforce team orders during the Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel defends his overtake on Max Verstappen while preparing for the final run in Q3 of qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Sebastian Vettel said he had no choice but to overtake Red Bull's Max Verstappen or he would have missed his last flying lap in Q3 for the Chinese GP. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has defended Sebastian Vettel's mistake at the Bahrain Grand Prix, saying the his chief rival's great performances out-weigh the recent errors he has made. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has defended Sebastian Vettel following his costly error at the Bahrain GP, backing the "great athlete" to bounce back in F1 2019. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has defended Sebastian Vettel following his latest error, describing the German's mistakes are "minuscule" when considering his achievements. read more »

Hamilton defends Vettel after the latest in a long line of errors in Bahrain on Sunday. read more »

Reigning Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has described rival Sebastian Vettel's number of errors as "minuscule" and has backed the Ferrari driver to recover... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has defended Sebastian Vettel after the German spun when the pair went wheel-to-wheel in Bahrain. read more »

Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto has defended Sebastian Vettel in the aftermath of the spin that potentially cost him a shot at victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

McLaren sporting director Gil de Ferran has defended rookie Lando Norris after he slipped down the order in Melbourne. read more »