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 »

Mark Webber has defended Red Bull after the team has come under increased scrutiny for the design of its car read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has defended his driver, Sebastian Vettel, after the German branded Lewis Hamilton "stupid" for unlapping himself. Hamilton,... read more »

Martin Whitmarsh has defended Lewis Hamilton's eagerness to unlap himself from Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso at the German Grand Prix read more »

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has defended Lewis Hamilton after he was accused of pulling a "stupid" move when unlapping himself during the German Grand Prix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel defended his overtaking manoeuvre on Jenson Button which saw him take second place on the penultimate lap despite running off the track read more »

Mark Gillan has defended Pastor Maldonado after his collision with Sergio Perez in the British Grand Prix resulted in an angry reaction from the Sauber driver read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has defended the under-fire organisers of Silverstone saying that the traffic chaos was beyond their control read more »

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says Silverstone chiefs were helpless to prevent the traffic chaos that has overshadowed this weekend's British Grand Prix - as he said... read more »

Bernie Ecclestone says Silverstone's organisers cannot be blamed for this weekend's chaos as they have no control over the weather... read more »