Lewis Hamilton has defended Mercedes following their reliability and strategic failures at the Austrian GP - and says he is fully motivated to bounce back with a win in front... read more »

Toto Wolff has defended Mercedes strategist James Vowles for his mistake of not pitting Lewis Hamilton during the Austrian Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has defended team strategist James Vowles after the decision not to pit Lewis Hamilton under the Austrian Grand Prix virtual safety car read more »

On the back of a wretched weekend for McLaren in France, Fernando Alonso has again defended their form, adamant the situation has "improved" a lot compared to last year. read more »

FIA race director Charlie Whiting has defended the stewards' decision to give Sebastian Vettel a five-second penalty at the French Grand Prix. read more »

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has defended both the Formula 1 team and himself against British media reports suggesting staff dissatisfaction read more »

Max Verstappen's incident-packed start to the 2018 Formula 1 season is impossible to defend, following his latest blunder that proved so costly at the Monaco Grand Prix read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr. has questioned why Renault put him on the Ultrasoft tyre rather than the Supersoft during his pit stop in the Monaco Grand Prix, while Cyril Abiteboul has... read more »

The Renault Formula 1 team has defended the strategy that left Carlos Sainz Jr feeling "very bitter" after the Monaco Grand Prix read more »

Jean Todt has defended the decision to change some regulations ahead of next year's championship in order to, hopefully, improve overtaking. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has defended Ferrari's decision to pit him under the VSC in Spain, a move which cost him an almost certain podium position. read more »

Guenther Steiner has defended Kevin Magnussen after he was once again summoned to the stewards office, saying he feels rivals are picking on his driver. read more »

Kevin Magnussen has defended his aggressive racing style, saying that it is completely necessary in a ultra-competitive midfield battle. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has defended his attempted pass for the lead on Valtteri Bottas and is using his experience to block out the criticism. read more »

The Frenchman defended his driving in the contact with Kimi Raikkonen that ended his race early. read more »

Fernando Alonso has defended McLaren's start to the 2018 F1 season and urged people to judge them on the "facts" rather than "dreams". read more »

Amid accusations the new Haas F1 car bears striking similarities to last year's Ferrari, team principal Guenther Steiner has defended his team's 2018 design. read more »

McLaren has defended its "ambitious" 2018 Formula 1 car design, but admitted its testing reliability problems are because it "didn't do a good enough... read more »

Formula One's managing director Chase Carey has hit back at criticism of the changes Liberty Media has put through recently. He defended his company's decision by... read more »

Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams insisted calling anyone in Formula 1 a "pay driver" is unfair, as she defended the team's 2018 pairing Lance... read more »

With two pay drivers now racing for Williams, Claire Williams has defended her team's line-up saying Williams "only put talented drivers in our car." read more »

Toto Wolff has defended Mercedes' approach to contracts after Cyril Abiteboul branded it "unfair". read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has defended his Formula 1 team's policy surrounding staff contracts following criticism from Renault counterpart Cyril Abiteboul read more »

Marcus Ericsson has defended his record against former Sauber team-mate Pascal Wehrlein, despite failing to score a point in 2017, compared to the five amassed… read more »

Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn has defended its new logo design and says the previous one “was neither iconic or memorable”. read more »