The president of the Spanish motor sport federation, Carlos Gracia, has defended his report on the Bahrain situation after it was leaked to the public, but pressure continued... read more »

The leader of the FIA's fact finding mission to Bahrain has defended the report which led to the country's race being reinstated. read more »

Formula 1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone has defended the FIA's decision to reinstate the Bahrain Grand Prix on the 2011 calendar. The announcement that the postponed race read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has cited "unusual circumstances" as the reason behind Friday's decision to reinstate the Bahrain GP on this year's F1 calendar... read more »

Pirelli has jumped to the defence of its new hard compound tyre after Lewis Hamilton branded it a disaster on Friday at the Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Pirelli insists that its new hard tyre is far from being the 'disaster' that Lewis Hamilton has suggested -as it believes it will come into its own in Sunday's race. read more »

Fernando Alonso has defended the DRS after comments that overtaking in the Turkish Grand Prix was too easy.  read more »

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner insists his team was right to gamble in sticking to its two-stop strategy in the Chinese Grand Prix - even though Sebastian... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has defended his team's decision to run Sebastian Vettel on a two-stop strategy at the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner has defended the use of ‘code words’ between his drivers and their race engineers, following complaints that the team is being too... read more »

Christian Horner defends the legality of the Red Bull cars with which his team have made such an impressive start to the season. read more »

Mark Webber may have been battling more than the expectations of the Melbourne crowd as he struggled to fifth place in the Australian GP. read more »

FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting has moved to defend the new Drag Reduction System (DRS) ahead of next weekend’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Many drivers have... read more »

The new moveable rear wings in Formula 1 will not give race control any more influence over the outcome of grands prix according to Charlie Whiting.  read more »

Martin Whitmarsh says the "job of tyre-supplier is a thankless one" after drivers complained about Pirelli's tyres. read more »

Kubica future uncertain, Whitmarsh defends tyres, Kovalainen goes shopping, plus other stories read more »

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has leapt to the defence of Pirelli amid widespread criticism of the 2011 tyres  read more »

Williams tech boss Sam Michael has come to the defence of Pirelli, insisting that the progress they have made has "been fantastic"... read more »

Eric Boullier once again defends the decision to allow Robert Kubica to take part in the Ronde di Andora Rally read more »

Ferrari technical director Aldo Costa insists a conservative approach is the best way forwards for the team in the 2011 F1 season read more »

Renault boss Eric Boullier has defended the decision to allow Robert Kubica to carry on rallying read more »

As the Pole recovers from his horrific accident on Sunday, Lotus Renault GP boss Eric Boullier has defended his team's decision to allow Robert Kubica to take part in... read more »

Reanult team principal Eric Boullier has defended Robert Kubica's right to go rallying during the off-season. The Renault driver sustained several fractures following an... read more »

The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team has spoken out amid concerns over the late launch date of its 2011 challenger. The MP4-26 is due to be launched on Friday 4 February, just... read more »

Mark Webber defends his decision not to tell Red Bull Racing about the shoulder injury he carried through the latter stages of the 2010 F1 season read more »