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 »

Pascal Wehrlein has defended the way news of his back injury was handled by his Sauber Formula 1 team, and insists the Swiss squad never hid the severity of it read more »

Lewis Hamilton defends his busy lifestyle outside of F1, insisting it benefits his performances rather than distracts from them. read more »

Pascal Wehrlein has defended his decision to withdraw from this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, saying he was "not feeling comfortable" to race this weekend. read more »

Sauber Formula 1 driver Pascal Wehrlein has stressed his withdrawal from the Australian Grand Prix is purely due to concerns over his fitness, and that there are no issues with... read more »

Williams' new technical director Paddy Lowe insists that in Felipe Massa and Lance Stroll the Grove team has two "great" drivers on board. read more »

New Williams Formula 1 team chief technical officer Paddy Lowe has defended its 2017 driver line-up of Felipe Massa and Lance Stroll read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has defended the £80m 'historic' bonus payment to Ferrari which is now under threat. read more »

Wolff dismisses suggestion that Valtteri Bottas is essentially Rosberg 2.0. read more »

Executive director Zak Brown has defended McLaren's livery change, stating that it is "elegant" and "impactful" following disapproval in certain quarters. read more »

McLaren's new executive director has been forced to defend his team's new black and orange livery following the division of opinion amongst fans. read more »

McLaren executive director Zak Brown has defended his team's new orange and black 2017 Formula 1 livery, after mixed responses from fans on social media read more »

Though he would like to see more unpredictability, FIA president Jean Todt insists "F1 is great". read more »

Following criticism of Sebastian Vettel's winless 2016 season, Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has come out and defended the four-time World Champion... read more »