Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has jumped to the defence of Lewis Hamilton over his recent on-track clashes - insisting that fans want to see drivers battling wheel-to-wheel. read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has leapt to the defence of Lewis Hamilton describing some of the recent criticism of the McLaren driver as "rubbish". read more »

Jenson Button has moved to defend the driving style of McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton, with the duo having collided in Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. Whereas the... read more »

Jenson Button defends McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton following their collision in Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix. read more »

Jenson Button has jumped to the defence of his under-fire team-mate Lewis Hamilton - claiming that his critics should back off because the 2008 world champion is doing a... read more »

Carlos Gracia, the FIA Vice President who has recently visited Bahrain, has defended the report he filed which explains that the Kingdom will be safe for a return to Formula 1.... read more »

Carlos Gracia, the FIA vice-president who undertook a fact-finding mission to Bahrain before the race was reinstated, has defended his report... read more »

The president of the Spanish motor sport federation, Carlos Gracia, has defended his report on the Bahrain situation after it was leaked to the public, but pressure continued... read more »

The leader of the FIA's fact finding mission to Bahrain has defended the report which led to the country's race being reinstated. read more »

Formula 1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone has defended the FIA's decision to reinstate the Bahrain Grand Prix on the 2011 calendar. The announcement that the postponed race read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has cited "unusual circumstances" as the reason behind Friday's decision to reinstate the Bahrain GP on this year's F1 calendar... read more »

Pirelli has jumped to the defence of its new hard compound tyre after Lewis Hamilton branded it a disaster on Friday at the Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Pirelli insists that its new hard tyre is far from being the 'disaster' that Lewis Hamilton has suggested -as it believes it will come into its own in Sunday's race. read more »

Fernando Alonso has defended the DRS after comments that overtaking in the Turkish Grand Prix was too easy.  read more »

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner insists his team was right to gamble in sticking to its two-stop strategy in the Chinese Grand Prix - even though Sebastian... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has defended his team's decision to run Sebastian Vettel on a two-stop strategy at the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner has defended the use of ‘code words’ between his drivers and their race engineers, following complaints that the team is being too... read more »

Christian Horner defends the legality of the Red Bull cars with which his team have made such an impressive start to the season. read more »

Mark Webber may have been battling more than the expectations of the Melbourne crowd as he struggled to fifth place in the Australian GP. read more »

FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting has moved to defend the new Drag Reduction System (DRS) ahead of next weekend’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Many drivers have... read more »

The new moveable rear wings in Formula 1 will not give race control any more influence over the outcome of grands prix according to Charlie Whiting.  read more »

Martin Whitmarsh says the "job of tyre-supplier is a thankless one" after drivers complained about Pirelli's tyres. read more »

Kubica future uncertain, Whitmarsh defends tyres, Kovalainen goes shopping, plus other stories read more »

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has leapt to the defence of Pirelli amid widespread criticism of the 2011 tyres  read more »

Williams tech boss Sam Michael has come to the defence of Pirelli, insisting that the progress they have made has "been fantastic"... read more »