Valtteri Bottas says he was expecting a collision with Max Verstappen after bravely hanging onto second place on the outside of the Red Bull at the first turn of the Monaco... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has leapt to the defence of his teammate Antonio Giovinazzi following a difficult start to the season. read more »

Max Verstappen says he has no issue with the way Sebastian Vettel defended his position in Shanghai, even though he was pushed wide onto the dirt. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says "it's nice to hear" after learning how Lewis Hamilton came to his defence after Bahrain error, while the Briton denies he has the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton's defence of Sebastian Vettel's errors shows he is "the only one that doesn't have a short-term memory", four-time world champion Vettel... read more »

Chain Bear is back! And he's kicking off his Autosport videos for 2019 with his defence of DRS, which has come in for plenty of criticism due to its increased power this... read more »

F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has warned Mercedes are on the backfoot when they start their title defence in this weekend's season-opening Australian GP. read more »

The deputy general director of the Sochi F1 promoter is among the first to distance his event from the FOPA statement whilst leaping to Liberty's defence. read more »

Haas team principal Gunther Steiner has slammed the "wild" driver tag which follows Kevin Magnussen. read more »

Niki Lauda leaps to Sebastian Vettel's defence as he reveals world champion sent him handwritten note as he recovered from life-saving surgery. read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has leaped to the defence of read more »

Formula One champions Mercedes also dominated the sport's virtual racetracks on Wednesday with British gamer Brendon Leigh starting the defence of his F1 Esports title... read more »

Lewis Hamilton hits out in defence of F1 world title rival Sebastian Vettel by calling for the media to "show a little more respect" read more »

Lewis Hamilton jumps to the defence of title rival Sebastian Vettel after the implosion of his championship challenge, saying 'being humans we will make mistakes'. read more »

Ricciardo says Bottas' defensive move in the battle for P4 in Hungary was "definitely over the top", but was pleased to pass him for position on-track despite a... read more »

Coming to the defence of her drivers, Claire Williams admits even Lewis Hamilton would struggle in the FW41. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has jumped to the defence of the team's head strategist after the call which cost Lewis Hamilton the lead of the Austrian Grand Prix. read more »

As the media shifts its gaze from Max Verstappen to Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton comes to the German's defence. read more »

Despite failing to get either car through to Q2, and at a time of increasing media pressure, Fernando Alonso has leapt to McLaren's defence. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says it would be "weak" of him to doubt Mercedes can win the 2018 Formula 1 title after losing the world championship lead to Sebastian Vettel in Canada read more »

In the wake of criticism from fans and drivers of Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, F1 technical boss Ross Brawn has leapt to the defence of the event. read more »

Sebastian Vettel leapt to the defence of Lewis Hamilton after his championship rival was questioned about calling Max Verstappen a "d***head" following the Bahrain GP. read more »

Sebastian Vettel jumps to the defence of rival Lewis Hamilton following question from Dutch journo. read more »

Sebastian Vettel came to the defence of Lewis Hamilton in the post-race press conference after the Brit called Max Verstappen "a ****head" for their collision in Bahrain. read more »

Sebastian Vettel launched a strong defence of Formula 1 rival Lewis Hamilton over comments the Mercedes driver made about Max Verstappen straight after the Bahrain Grand Prix read more »