Sebastian Vettel got his title defence off to the perfect start by winning the F1 2011 season opener in Australia. But the big question now is: Can he do it again in Malaysia? read more »

Sebastian Vettel secured the first win of the season at the Australian Grand Prix to give his championship defence the best start possible. The German finished read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he is keeping his feet on the ground despite a perfect start to his title defence in the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel started his title defence with an empathetic victory in Australia, easily heads and shoulders above the rest... read more »

Sebastian Vettel opened his title defence with a comfortable victory in an Australian Grand Prix that proved intriguing, but not did deliver the level of incident predicted... read more »

Former Red Bull driver turned television commenter David Coulthard has sprung to the defence of the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel started his world championship defence in imperious form by dominating qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Sebastian Vettel will begin his title defence this weekend in Australia. Can he start the year with a victory? Vote now... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he and Red Bull Racing have nothing to fear from the huge uncertainty that new rules have thrown up, as he begins his title defence at this weekend's... read more »

As he prepares to launch the defence of his hard-fought F1 World Championship crown in Melbourne at the end of the month, Sebastian Vettel admits that Red Bull is looking good... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is optimistic that there will be no repeat of Red Bull's early-season reliability problems of recent years as it starts its title defence read more »

Martin Whitmarsh has come out in defence of Pirelli, calling on teams and drivers to think before they criticise the tyre manufacturer which makes its read more »

Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) chairman and McLaren-Mercedes team principal Martin Whitmarsh has sprung to the defence of Pirelli following a raft of recent criticism. 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 »

Williams technical director Sam Michael has come to the defence of Pirelli in the wake of criticism over their tyres for F1 2011. read more »

A "pumped" Sebastian Vettel has called for greater effort from his Red Bull team ahead of his defence of the F1 World title... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has said, unsurprisingly, that he wants to pick up as many points as he can in the first part of the season to get his title defence off to the best possible... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is targeting a strong start to his 2011 title defence - in a bid to try and avoid the stresses that come from end of season world championship showdowns. read more »

Former Formula One driver and VW advisor Hans-Joachim Stuck has jumped to the defence of Mark Webber after Red Bull team boss Christian Horner revealed his 'disappointment... read more »

After a spirited defence of his world championship title in 2010, Jenson Button is already focusing on how he can improve next season during the winter break. And one of the... read more »

Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz is confident the Championship-winning outfit will remain intact for the defence of the double in the 2011 season. read more »

The defence of his championship crown ended in Spa, claims Jenson Button. read more »

Jenson Button said he was happy with how things had gone during his first season with McLaren although he saw his title defence end with fifth place in Brazil read more »

There were no significant upsets for Force India on Friday, with the Silverstone-based team delivering a clean pair of practice sessions at Interlagos as it prepares to... read more »