Branded the "Fernando Alonso of the McLaren years" after his return in Bahrain, such criticism of the Spaniard was harsh. read more »

Lewis Hamilton hopes winning the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix helps 'prove people wrong' after coming under criticism for only winning in the fastest Formula 1 car. read more »

Haas’ Nikita Mazepin states he was told by his team to overtake rival cars at the end of Q1 to ensure he started his lap before the chequered flag was shown. The Russian became... read more »

'Every single driver' needs some sort of help to make it into Formula 1 says Nikita Mazepin as he shrugged off pay driver criticism. read more »

Nikita Mazepin says he is determined to "prove myself" in Formula 1 regardless of the financial backing that has facilitated his rise to the championship. Mazepin... read more »

Formula 1 has the power to help change the attitude of host countries with its events, according to CEO Stefano Domenicali. read more »

McLaren driver Lando Norris has said he found it difficult to cope with the criticism he was subject to after he made comments about the success of Lewis Hamilton's career... read more »

Haas driver Mick Schumacher is unconcerned by the presumption he will take two years to get up to speed in Formula 1 following his junior formula exploits. read more »

Lando Norris found the criticism he faced over comments about Lewis Hamilton's Formula 1 achievements last October "tricky", but says people were wrong to think... read more »

Valtteri Bottas does not get bogged down by criticism, but instead finds motivation from said critics to do better in Formula 1. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas says armchair critics who feel he should be doing better against Lewis Hamilton only serve to motivate him rather than get him down read more »

Russian drivers competing in Formula 1 have a harder time than others with Nikita Mazepin saying they receive a level of criticism that is "hatred". read more »

Charles Leclerc has said the one area of criticism that irks him is that he has become an arrogant person during his time in Formula 1. read more »

Nikita Mazepin has kept hold of his Haas seat for the 2021 season despite overwhelming criticism for a video he posted on his Instagram account. read more »

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner doesn't understand the criticism surrounding pay drivers, saying even Niki Lauda was one. read more »

Hermann Tilke, designer of the Yas Marina Circuit, has said external factors often impact upon his designs, and Abu Dhabi is no different. read more »

Nikita Mazepin has created a new wave of criticism after he deleted an apology he made in the wake of posting a deplorable video on social media. read more »

Keeping his spot at Racing Point while Sergio Perez was left go, Lance Stroll has faced his fair share of pay driver criticism ever since the team made that announcement. read more »

Pirelli believe poor communication over the purpose of their 2021 tyres and the testing of them led to heavy criticism from the drivers. read more »

Formula 1 and the FIA have issued a joint statement supporting Haas on its response to Nikita Mazepin's behaviour in a video that emerged on Wednesday read more »

Max Verstappen has responded to some criticism from Charles Leclerc by stating that he doesn't care what the Ferrari driver says. read more »

Cyril Abiteboul says Racing Point questioning Fernando Alonso's young driver test is "quite rich" given that they have an "illegal car". read more »

Nikita Mazepin isn't letting pay driver comments get to him, saying he is "confident" he can do the job for Haas. read more »

Renault Formula 1 boss Cyril Abiteboul has defended the decision to allow Fernando Alonso to do the Abu Dhabi young driver test - and slammed criticism from Racing Point as... read more »

Renault says no other manufacturer "has invested half of what we have" in young drivers as it responded to criticism of Fernando Alonso's impending presence at... read more »