Sebastian Vettel said he had no choice but to overtake Red Bull's Max Verstappen or he would have missed his last flying lap in Q3 for the Chinese GP. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has defended Sebastian Vettel's mistake at the Bahrain Grand Prix, saying the his chief rival's great performances out-weigh the recent errors he has made. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has defended Sebastian Vettel following his costly error at the Bahrain GP, backing the "great athlete" to bounce back in F1 2019. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has defended Sebastian Vettel following his latest error, describing the German's mistakes are "minuscule" when considering his achievements. read more »

Hamilton defends Vettel after the latest in a long line of errors in Bahrain on Sunday. read more »

Reigning Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has described rival Sebastian Vettel's number of errors as "minuscule" and has backed the Ferrari driver to recover... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has defended Sebastian Vettel after the German spun when the pair went wheel-to-wheel in Bahrain. read more »

Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto has defended Sebastian Vettel in the aftermath of the spin that potentially cost him a shot at victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

McLaren sporting director Gil de Ferran has defended rookie Lando Norris after he slipped down the order in Melbourne. read more »

McLaren defends sponsor agreement with BAT read more »

McLaren boss, Zak Brown, has defended the deal with BAT which some see as the tobacco giants sneaking back into the sport through the back door. read more »

McLaren has defended its decision to form a partnership with British American Tobacco for the 2019 Formula 1 season read more »

Haas backs new title sponsor Rich Energy's long-term target of beating Red Bull in F1.  read more »

Haas insists new title sponsor Rich Energy is right to target beating Formula 1 rival Red Bull on and off the track read more »

Sergio Perez defends his record against Esteban Ocon, insisting that while regularly out-qualified by the Frenchman he performed better on race day. read more »

Insisting his team got good value for its money, Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul defends signing of Daniel Ricciardo. read more »

Mercedes' Toto Wolff has reiterated how important Valtteri Bottas was to the team's Formula 1 title double this season and says Bottas and Lewis Hamilton are both... read more »

Max Verstappen defends his "normal response" after he shoved Esteban Ocon when the Frenchman had denied him a likely win at the Brazilian GP. read more »

Max Verstappen has defended his actions in Brazil as both he and Esteban Ocon sat in the same FIA press conference. read more »

Chase Carey has defended the controversial $100m sponsorship deal which will enable live betting during races. read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner defends Max Verstappen after he pushed rival driver Esteban Ocon after the Brazilian GP. read more »

Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly says he defied team orders in the Brazilian Grand Prix because he was racing team-mate Brendon Hartley for position read more »

Esteban Ocon explains his attempted overtake to unlap himself against race leader Max Verstappen which saw the pair clash read more »

Otmar Szafnauer defends Esteban Ocon after Brazil GP clash with Max Verstappen read more »

Esteban Ocon after his collision with  read more »