Sebastian Vettel defends team boss Maurizio Arrivabene, claiming the Italian has lifted the team. read more »

Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul defends Budkowski move without confirming or denying the speculation. read more »

Renault defends Marcin Budkowski approach as rival teams express concern read more »

Mercedes is adamant that its long wheelbase concept was still the right option for its 2017 Formula 1 car, despite its Singapore struggles exposing its downsides read more »

"It was optimistic. We didn’t need to touch there..." read more »

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

FIA defends Halo as 'best solution' for Formula 1 read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff defends Hamilton gesture even if it costs the title. read more »

On the back of a lot of criticism for the decision to introduce the Halo cockpit protection device as of 2018, the FIA has moved to defend this decision, claiming it is... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has defended his decision to holiday, whilst his 19 colleagues were taking part in the F1 Show in London. read more »

SILVERSTONE -- Lewis Hamilton has explained why he opted to fly to Greece for a holiday rather than take part in an F1 demonstration event on the streets of London on... read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has defended his decision not to attend the F1 Live event in London in the build-up to the British Grand Prix read more »

Lewis Hamilton defends decision not to attend F1's London event read more »

Lewis Hamilton has defended his decision not to attend the Formula 1 demo in London, saying his sole focus was on preparing for the British Grand Prix. read more »

Esteban Ocon defends himself against team-mate Sergio Perez's complaints read more »

Jacques Villeneuve has defended Sebastian Vettel's angry swerve at Lewis Hamilton in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, saying the incident shows that Formula 1 drivers have emotions read more »

Although Sir Jackie Stewart has labelled Sebastian Vettel's antics in Baku as "inappropriate behaviour", he says there were mitigating circumstances. read more »

"It's probably driven through passion and hunger. He's kind of just got to put a lid on it sometimes..." read more »

Sergio Perez has defended his stance against Force India team-mate Esteban Ocon during the Canadian Grand Prix, with both drivers feeling a podium was within… read more »

Red Bull says Max Verstappen's fury about losing a Monaco Grand Prix podium shot was quelled when the Formula 1 team explained the decision to him read more »

Jenson Button says he raised the poor visibility from the mirrors before his collision with Pascal Wehrlein in the Monaco Grand Prix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has said Kimi Raikkonen's poor start to the season is undeserved and has no doubts about the Finn's ability. read more »

Sauber insists its switch to Honda engines is not a backwards step for the team, despite the Japanese manufacturer's current Formula 1 struggles. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says his Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen deserves better results than he has scored so far this season. Raikkonen is the only one of the top five drivers in... read more »

Despite being criticised by some for missing the opening two races of this season, Pascal Wehrlein says his injury was "private" and he wanted to keep it that way. read more »