Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said that Valtteri Bottas will have to show he is capable of matching Lewis Hamilton next season, but has backed him to do so. read more »

World champion Lewis Hamilton says there is no excuse for Formula 1 to have cars that sound worse and produce less spectacular racing than F2 single-seaters read more »

"It would have been nice to announce it before the summer break as you always want more time to prepare to get sponsors but we don’t plan on using it as an excuse." read more »

Max Verstappen feels that the way Sebastian Vettel drove at the start of the Singapore Grand Prix, was far too aggressive for someone who is in the title fight. read more »

Max Verstappen has blamed Sebastian Vettel for the creating the chaos that ended both their races, as well as Kimi Raikkonen's, on the first lap. read more »

Renault Formula 1 chief Cyril Abiteboul says there is "no reason" for the team to have such poor reliability read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says there is "no excuse" for his recent one-lap deficit to Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen, having not beaten the 19-year-old in qualifying… read more »

Guenther Steiner is not happy with the excuse given by Carlos Sainz Jr, for the Canadian GP crash he caused. read more »

Carlos Sainz gives his reasons for the crash that eliminated him from the Canadian Grand Prix... but Haas boss Gunther Steiner shuts it down. read more »

Haas Formula 1 team principal Gunther Steiner thinks Carlos Sainz Jr was ridiculous to blame poor mirror visibility for his Canadian Grand Prix crash with Romain Grosjean and... read more »

There's no excuse; an engine should never stall and there must be a technical solution to avoid this from happening. read more »

Renault have "no excuse" not to run with the midfield teams this season; that's according to managing director Cyril Abiteboul. read more »

Renault has no excuse for not being solidly in the Formula 1 midfield in 2017, admits the team's managing director Cyril Abiteboul read more »

"We will always be the newest team, so we don t want to use that as an excuse, we want to get in with the people and be part of it." read more »

Bernie Ecclestone may have turned 86 today (Happy Birthday, Mr E), but I won't use that as a reason to offend octogenarians by offering it as an excuse for some of his... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he cannot excuse Ferrari's disappointing 2016 form but believes the team has "raised the bar" compared to last year read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has told Lewis Hamilton that the changes to his pit crew are no excuse if he misses out on the F1 Championship this season. read more »

Monisha Kaltenborn says there is no excuse for the Swiss team not to be good next year, with the introduction of the new regulations in 2017, Sauber will hopefully improve from... read more »

For some, the F1 summer shutdown is an excuse to trade in those frequent flyer miles for a holiday in some far flung locale. For an ever-increasing number of the F1 circus,... read more »

Sauber have no excuse not to be good next year - Monisha Kaltenborn read more »

Daniil Kvyat: I am not so strong because of all these things which happened two months ago that s not an excuse, it s an explanation read more »

Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari must not look for excuses to explain its lacklustre performance at the British Grand Prix. Vettel finished ninth at Silverstone after starting... read more »

Monisha Kaltenborn: It is not an excuse that one driver did not know the track before... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has criticised tyre supplier Pirelli after his right-rear tyre failed on the penultimate lap of the race, costing him a podium finish and likely ending his... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg and Jenson Button have jumped to Giedo van der Garde's defense, both believing Sauber are in the wrong with how they've handled the situation. The... read more »