Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has defended Sergio Perez following his costly spin at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix last Sunday. The Mexican endured a difficult race,... read more »

Michael Masi has defended the decision to activate DRS after George Russell said it played a role in his crash with Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has denied he defended more aggressively against George Russell, the man in line for his Mercedes race seat, than he would another driver. read more »

Haas boss Guenther Steiner has defended Nikita Mazepin after the rookie driver endured another fraught day of Formula 1 running in Italy. Mazepin's Formula 1 debut in... read more »

Red Bull's Sergio Perez has defended the decision to complete his final Q2 lap on Medium tyres after his first attempt was deleted due to a track limit violation. Perez... read more »

Zak Brown has defended Netflix's treatment of the McLaren team in the new season of Drive to Survive, recognising it is for entertainment. read more »

Following an unconvincing pre-season test, Mercedes boss, Toto Wolff has defended the team's decision not to exploit the filming day rule read more »

Nikita Mazepin's former boss, Hitech's Oliver Oakes, has defended the rookie driver, saying enough is enough with the "unjustified low blows". read more »

Aston Martin team boss, Otmar Szafnauer has defended the decision to sign Sebastian Vettel, insisting that the German isn't "over the hill" and is still... read more »

Dr Helmut Marko has defended Red Bull's junior driver programe in the wake of Alex Albon's demotion to a reserve and development role. read more »

The lady in Nikita Mazepin's "abhorrent" video has defended the 2021 Haas signing as a "really good person" who would never humiliate her. read more »

Fernando Alonso has defended his Renault team's controversial decision to run him in the young driver test in Abu Dhabi at the end of the season. read more »

Following a Sakhir Grand Prix that posed more questions than it answered, Valtteri Bottas defended a performance that he admits could have made him look like a c***. 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 »

Guenther Steiner has defended the Haas team's decision to hire a driver in Nikita Mazepin who brings significant funding with him. read more »

Formula 1 had defended the decision to show extensive replays of Romain Grosjean's accident in the Bahrain Grand Prix following criticism from Daniel Ricciardo read more »

Pirelli Formula 1 boss Mario Isola has defended the company's 2021 tyres as drivers voiced their concerns after running them in practice ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix on... read more »

Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey has defended the decision to visit Saudi Arabia as part of the world championship by saying he believes the sport can be a "force for good and... read more »

Racing Point has defended the decision to pit Sergio Perez under the late Safety Car phase at Imola as it believed it would have struggled to hold onto third. Perez started... read more »

Sergio Perez criticised Racing Point's call to pit him when running P3 at Imola, but the team has defended their strategy call. read more »

Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff has defended Lance Stroll and Nicholas Latifi from criticism that they are undeserving of their place in Formula 1 because their fathers... read more »

The FIA has defended its decision to use Vitaly Petrov as a race steward at Formula 1's Portuguese Grand Prix, despite controversial remarks the Russian recently made read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has defended Max Verstappen after his driver turned the air blue following his collision in second practice with Lance Stroll. read more »

The FIA has defended its decision to appoint former Formula 1 driver Vitaly Petrov as a steward for this weekend's Portuguese Grand Prix despite his recent controversial... read more »

Lance Stroll has vigorously defended his decision not to take an additional Covid-19 test when he felt unwell during the recent Eifel Grand Prix. read more »