Sergio Perez has been given a vote of confidence by McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh, after he was labelled an "idiot" by Kimi Raikkonen read more »

Martin Whitmarsh has defended McLaren's decision not to run their new front wing on Saturday and continued to stress that the team will work around the clock to turn their... read more »

Romain Grosjean admits that he is still looking for a connection with his Lotus E21. Grosjean has scored points in all three races, but sits 38 points behind team-mate Kimi... read more »

Sebastian Vettel does not think Red Bull's Chinese Grand Prix strategy was wrong, despite failing to finish on the podium. read more »

Christian Horner insists that the rivalry between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber is "healthy" and that he has not been undermined... read more »

Martin Whitmarsh defends the performance of new McLaren man Sergio Perez - although former racer John Watson says he feels the team is suffering from its new-look... read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has defended Vettel’s Malaysian Grand Prix behaviour and has said that he doesn’t think Red Bull will suspend the German driver for the... read more »

Mercedes boss Ross Brawn has defended his team's decision not to pit its drivers for a fresh set of intermediate tyres during today's qualifying session in Malaysia. read more »

Jenson Button says Lewis Hamilton's criticisms of the McLaren are unjust and insists the squad offers its drivers "phenomenal freedom". read more »

British rookie Max Chilton has defended the notion of pay drivers in Formula One. Chilton, 21, will race for Marussia this season after spending three seasons in GP2.... read more »

Williams technical director Mike Coughlan insists the Williams exhaust solution is legal after the team launched the new FW35 read more »

Luiz Razia insists Marussia will not be penalised for signing him and fellow rookie Max Chilton for the 2013 Formula 1 season read more »

Pastor Maldonado is confident Williams won't be penalised for opting not to run their new car at Jerez... read more »

Ross Brawn has defended the number of high-profile Mercedes technical staff, saying the current structure is necessary in order to run two parallel projects on the 2013 car and... read more »

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo says he doesn't care what others think about their policy of favouring Fernando Alonso... read more »

Mike Coughlan has come to the defence of Pastor Maldonado who has been labelled 'accident prone' following a string of accidents during his first two seasons in... read more »

Williams has defended its decision to make Bruno Senna sacrifice practice mileage to Valtteri Bottas, after promoting the Finn to take Senna's place in the race team next... read more »

Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali has no doubts the team made the right decision in incurring a penalty for Felipe Massa to give team-mate Fernando Alonso a better chance in the... read more »

Ferrari has defended its decision to hit Felipe Massa with a gearbox penalty ahead of the United States Grand Prix in order to get Fernando Alonso on to the clean side of the... read more »

Christian Horner has defended Sebastian Vettel, after Jacques Villeneuve slammed the reigning world champion for often behaving “like a child”. When... read more »

Ferrari's decision to use scrubbed tyres in Q3 at Austin had no influence on its poor qualifying result, insist drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso. read more »

Pirelli has defended its conservative tyre choice for the the United States Grand Prix amid fears that an aggressive selection could have interfered with the Formula 1 World... read more »

Ferrari has defended the decision to retain Felipe Massa for 2013 read more »

Felipe Massa's recent contract renewal has been defended by Ferrari, with the Italian marque adamant that the 2008 title runner-up was the best option available.... read more »

Romain Grosjean has defended Lotus' decision not to run its double DRS device in qualifying and the race this weekend read more »