Sahara Force India F1 Team is focusing on closing down the gap between the top three teams in F1, rather than defending it's fourth place position in 2018. read more »

Alonso and Hamilton went wheel-to-wheel late on in Mexico, albeit over a lowly P9, but the McLaren driver hopes to challenge the defending champion more next year. read more »

Max Verstappen's penalty at the F1 United States Grand Prix proved Marc Marquez's point on finding the limit in racing, not that the defending MotoGP world champion... read more »

Toto Wolff has said Mercedes are pushing on with development in 2017, in order to achieve their target of defending their title after a rule change. read more »

After their early race battle at Silverstone, Sebastian Vettel still believes Max Verstappen needs to calm his driving down whilst defending his position, after again appearing... read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes Max Verstappen is still "a bit jumpy" when defending his position in Formula 1, following their wheel-to-wheel battle in the British Grand Prix read more »

A race without a defending champion on the grid, a city lacking in motor racing pedigree, and a layout that failed to inspire... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen broke his 129 pole position-less streak by grabbing P1 in Monte Carlo while defending Monaco GP champ Lewis Hamilton failed to make it out of Q2. read more »

The defending Monaco Grand Prix winner knows the importance of building up speed across the weekend in the Principality. read more »

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Race director Charlie Whiting has confirmed that the FIA's ruling on moving under braking while defending position -- colloquially known as... read more »

The rule put in place to placate drivers following complaints about a certain drivers movement whilst defending track position last year, has been dropped by the FIA for 2017. read more »

Mercedes today took the first step on the road to defending both titles with the official presentation of its new F1 W08 EQ Power+. read more »

Juan Pablo Montoya triumphs in Race Of Champions individual competition in Miami, while defending title holder Sebastien Vettel fails to make it out of the group stages read more »

Nico Rosberg has given some insight into what he will do in the future after admitting "life has more to offer than driving around in circles". Rosberg retired as... read more »

Although Lewis Hamilton respects Nico Rosberg's decision to retain without defending his World title, he says that is something he would never do. read more »

For only the sixth time in history, the defending Formula 1 World Champion will not line-up on the grid, with Nico Rosberg retiring. Here, GPUpdate.net reflects… read more »

Just like his former team-mate Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz also had no problem with the way Lewis Hamilton went about defending his World Championship against Nico Rosberg. read more »

Defending his son Max, Jos Verstappen has said the young Red Bull prodigy is here to race and win Grands Prix, not listen to criticism and complaints... read more »

Ferrari has opted not to go ahead with its appeal of Sebastian Vettel's penalty at the Mexican Grand Prix. Vettel was stripped of a podium in Mexico after the stewards... read more »

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Max Verstappen says new rules about how drivers are allowed to defend position have removed the "art" of defending position from Formula One.... read more »

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Sebastian Vettel supports his team's decision to press ahead with its appeal over his penalty at the Mexican Grand Prix. Vettel was demoted from third... read more »

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Ferrari has submitted a request for Sebastian Vettel's penalty at the Mexican Grand Prix to be reviewed after "a number of new elements"... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has dropped from third to fifth after being penalised for moving under braking whilst defending from Daniel Ricciardo during the Mexican Grand Prix. read more »

MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Sebastian Vettel was demoted to fifth at the Mexican Grand Prix after the stewards decided he had moved under braking while defending position from... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has been given a 10-second post-race penalty for moving under braking when defending from Daniel Ricciardo in the Mexican GP, demoting him to fifth read more »