Max Verstappen believes that he and Red Bull being labelled the "favourites" ahead of the start of the 2021 season is distracting.  read more »

Renault F1 team boss Cyril Abiteboul has confirmed Fernando Alonso is not allowed to take part in the Indy 500 once he joins the team in 2021. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says finalising a new Mercedes Formula 1 deal for 2021 was "pretty easy and smooth", ensuring talks did not act as a distraction from his title bid read more »

Jumping the start at the Hungarian GP, Mercedes has since made changes to Valtteri Bottas' dashboard to avoid that "kind of distraction". read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he and Mercedes have made changes to his dashboard for the British Grand Prix to avoid a repeat of him getting distracted by his rev counter lights read more »

Valtteri Bottas doesn't want ongoing F1 contract talks to become a distraction as he looks to make the most of his perfect srart to the season read more »

Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto recognises the coronavirus remains at the forefront of worldwide attention but hopes F1 can deliver a distraction with the 2020 opener in Australia. read more »

Ferrari Formula 1 boss Mattia Binotto hopes his team can help the to "put a smile on people's faces" in Australia as a distraction from the growing coronavirus... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has praised Mercedes for its "innovation", insisting DAS is not a distraction or safety concern. read more »

Renault says the loss of McLaren as a Formula 1 customer team in 2021 will not hurt it financially, and will actually remove a "distraction" on the technical front read more »

Robert Kubica said that Williams' instructions for him to alter his steering wheel allowed George Russell to overtake at the Spanish GP. read more »

Netlix series participation 'an unnecessary distraction' - Toto Wolff read more »

Renault's Cyril Abiteboul believes Formula 1's smaller outfits will be helped by the distraction of top teams needing to make redundancies after the planned 2021... read more »

Despite spending the past week promoting his new Tommy Hilfiger fashion range, Lewis Hamilton insists his title battle with Sebastian Vettel has always been at the front of his... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says an immediate return to racing is exactly what Ferrari needed after the death of former chairman Sergio Marchionne this week. read more »

Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin will not be used as a distraction to hide the weaknesses of Williams' 2018 F1 car, according to team chief Paddy Lowe read more »

Eric Boullier says that for Fernando Alonso to compete in WEC and F1 in the same season would not be possible, owing to the physical demands of both championships. read more »

McLaren thinks a significant programme alongside Formula 1 would be a "huge distraction" for Fernando Alonso amid speculation of a Toyota World Endurance Championship... read more »

Tax row no distraction for Lewis Hamilton as he insists he is solely focussed on second Interlagos win. read more »

Toto Wolff: From a team s perspective we need to concentrate on the car s development and performance and avoid getting lost in all the chatter about Formula 1 shareholdings... read more »

SUZUKA, Japan -- Nico Rosberg has played down suggestions his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton was distracted by off-track events at the Japanese Grand Prix. Hamilton was at... read more »

Sergio Perez says he is relieved to have resolved his Formula One future, after announcing at the Malaysian Grand Prix that he will remain at Force India for 2017. After months... read more »

McLaren decided not to take part in Pirelli's 2017 tyre testing programme as it believed designing mule a car would have been too much of a distraction. Testing of 2017... read more »

BAKU, Azerbaijan -- Lewis Hamilton said the distraction caused by his engine setting issue at the Grand Prix of Europe presented a "dangerous" situation as he spent... read more »

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says the team is not yet thinking about its 2017 driver line-up as it could create a "distraction". Fernando Alonso is... read more »