Fernando Alonso insists the new Ferrari is not slow and has played down reports his team is struggling read more »

Kamui Kobayashi reckons the new stepped nose design that has been featured so prominently on his Sauber C31 is not ugly, it's just new... read more »

Force Indian deputy team principal Bob Fernley defends former driver Adrian Sutil after assault conviction 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 »

Martin Whitmarsh defends Lewis Hamilton after the Briton endured a tough season in F1 2011 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 »

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 defends Toro Rosso for changing its drivers for the 2012 F1 season read more »

BBC director general Mark Thompson defends the decision to share TV coverage in the UK with Sky from the 2012 F1 season onwards 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 »

The BBC's director general Mark Thompson has defended his and the corporations decision to share its coverage of Formula 1 with Sky Sports from next read more »

The BBC has defended its decision to split Formula One's UK broadcasting rights with Sky in 2012 and revealed it will save the corporation £150 million by 2018 read more »

BBC director general Mark Thompson has defended the decision for Formula 1 television coverage to be shared with Sky from next year - claiming any other deal would have been... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has jumped to the defence of his management team, saying the stick they have received has been "massively unfair"... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has launched a vigorous defence of his XIX Entertainment management team in the wake of criticism from Formula 1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has defended his management team after Bernie Ecclestone branded the way he was being managed a "disaster" read more »

Dany Bahar, chief executive of the Lotus Group, has defended Renault's approach to its drivers after Kimi Raikkonen hurt his wrist in a skidoo accident read more »

Jenson Button has defended Lewis Hamilton's season, saying that he improved throughout the year rather than Hamilton underperforming read more »

Jenson Button believes the change in the competitive balance at McLaren this season was more due to him improving than Lewis Hamilton's form declining read more »

Williams driver Pastor Maldonado has defended his blue flag infringements during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in which he was penalised twice. The Venezuelan driver blocked read more »

Johnny Herbert insists Felipe Massa was the guilty party during his run-in with Lewis Hamilton at the Indian Grand Prix... read more »