Vijay Mallya has defended his continuing spending on his formula one team, while his airline Kingfisher struggles for mere survival. "I don't quite understand the... read more »

As the debate over Pirelli's 2012 tyres continues, McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has defended the Italian manufacturer. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has defended his former mentor Michael Schumacher. The seven time world champion has been roundly criticised since last Sunday’s Spanish grand prix,... read more »

Charlie Whiting has defended the decision in Spain to move Lewis Hamilton from pole to the very rear of the grid. Although McLaren was widely criticised for making a grave... read more »

Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery had defended the tyre manufacturer's 'more aggressive' tyre strategy in 2012, and fended off criticism from... read more »

A new rule could be enforced from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards following a heated debate in the driver briefing concerning Lewis Hamilton's off-track overtake. The... read more »

After Sebastian Vettel’s first win of the season in Bahrain recently, Red Bull could now maintain its grip on 2012. That is the claim of the legendary triple world... read more »

Fernando Alonso has defended his team-mate Felipe Massa and boss Stefano Domenicali after both have come in for criticism recently. Massa has scored just two points compared to... read more »

Mark Webber has defended the Pirelli tyres, saying the high degradation has helped to make this year's F1 Championship more exciting... read more »

Lotus have defended this week's Mugello test after complaints that it is not representative of most F1 venues... read more »

Well-known Brazilian commentator Reginaldo Leme has defended Felipe Massa, amid the Ferrari driver's career crisis. Massa's Ferrari seat hangs in the balance, and... read more »

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has defended Sebastian Vettel following his post-race comments in which he labelled Narain Karthikeyan an 'idiot'. read more »

Christian Horner has defended Sebastian Vettel's rant about Narain Karthikeyan, saying any driver would have been "totally annoyed" with the situation... read more »

Martin Whitmarsh has defended the decision of FOTA members to agree unilaterally to commercial terms offered by Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, even though he originally... read more »

Mar.7 (GMM) Pedro de la Rosa has defended the viability of struggling HRT, despite its new owners trying to build up a formula one team in the mist of a near-unprecedented... read more »

Ferrari chief designer Nikolas Tombazis has defended the look of the new Ferrari amid widespread comments that its stepped nose makes the F2012 'ugly'. read more »

Christian Horner has defended the Red Bull young driver scheme following criticism for dropping Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi at Toro Rosso read more »

Red Bull have defended their young driver programme after criticism over the sacking of both drivers from feeder team Toro Rosso. read more »

Helmut Marko has defended the decision to drop both 2011 Toro Rosso drivers in favour of an all new line-up, claiming that Buemi and Alguersuari had had enough time to prove... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has defended his habit of regularly changing his F1 helmet livery. The back to back world champion uses several designs in a single season, which according to... read more »

Jan.4 (GMM) Luca di Montezemolo has defended Felipe Massa whilst conceding that a number of drivers at rival teams impressed him in 2011. The Ferrari president is honouring... read more »

Luca di Montezemolo has defended Felipe Massa whilst conceding that a number of drivers at rival teams impressed him in 2011. The Ferrari president is honouring Brazilian... read more »

BBC director general Mark Thompson has defended the controversial decision which saw the British broadcaster race a behind the scenes deal with Sky. read more »

Mark Thompson, the director general of the BBC, has defended the organisation¿s decision to split the F1 broadcasting rights with Sky... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne has defended Dr Helmut Marko after the Red Bull driver manager ousted Toro Rosso’s entire lineup for the 2012 season. Rookie Frenchman Vergne as well... read more »