Lando Norris insists he will not use Daniel Ricciardo's much greater F1 experience as "an excuse" if he comes off worse in their internal McLaren battle. read more »

Lewis Hamilton refused to use the lack of Friday running as an excuse for qualifying behind Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas, believing Formula 1 no longer needs three-day... read more »

Kart driver Luca Corberi's moment of red mist has been criticised by Formula 1 drivers, who say there is "no excuse" for such behaviour. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has admitted to picking "fights that maybe I shouldn't have picked" during his six-year stint at Ferrari but says he will not use these to... read more »

Andreas Seidl has made no attempt to excuse Carlos Sainz for the accident that ended his Russian Grand Prix on the opening lap. read more »

Sebastian Vettel doesn't believe Mattia Binotto's claims the pandemic forced Ferrari to change it's 2021 driver plans, saying it was "not" a factor. read more »

Jenson Button, like many others, has been left baffled by Mattia Binotto's reasons for deciding not to offer Sebastian Vettel a new contract. read more »

Jenson Button believes Ferrari's decision to axe four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel due to the pandemic to be "a very strange excuse". read more »

Helmut Marko says that increased power from Honda's 2020 power unit means that Red Bull will have no excuse not to be competitive from the outset this season. read more »

Renault says its high ambitions for the 2021 Formula 1 season must not be used as an excuse if the team has a poor campaign this year read more »

Robert Kubica has dismissed the suggestion of Pirelli's tyres being behind his and Williams' 2019 struggles as a "cheap excuse". read more »

Five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton is concerned Formula One's plans to experiment with new race formats next year is simply a way of masking the shortfalls of the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is concerned that Formula 1's exploration of experiments such as reversed-grid races is "an excuse for not doing a good enough job" with the... read more »

A difficult Friday in Singapore leaves Charles Leclerc hoping for improvements heading into the rest of the weekend. read more »

Mattia Binotto offered little by way of excuse after Charles Leclerc was left to pick up the pieces from a ruinous qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix that will see him start... read more »

Jolyon Palmer believes Sebastian Vettel can have no excuse for his spin in the Bahrain Grand Prix which caused him to finish P5. read more »

Racing Point chief Otmar Szafnauer says the "new identity" of the team means a year of change but won't use it as an excuse read more »

Raikkonen refuses to put the blame for his Q3 mistake on anything but his own driving after missing out on a chance for pole in Baku. read more »

Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin will not be used as a distraction to hide the weaknesses of Williams' 2018 F1 car, according to team chief Paddy Lowe read more »

Sebastian Vettel has said he appreciated the fact that Max Verstappen was quick to apologise for their collision, but warned that his age is now no excuse. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says Max Verstappen's lack of experience is not an excuse for their collision during the Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Banning grid girls because it puts women off becoming drivers is "baloney"; that's according to Sir Jackie Stewart. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said that Valtteri Bottas will have to show he is capable of matching Lewis Hamilton next season, but has backed him to do so. read more »

World champion Lewis Hamilton says there is no excuse for Formula 1 to have cars that sound worse and produce less spectacular racing than F2 single-seaters read more »

"It would have been nice to announce it before the summer break as you always want more time to prepare to get sponsors but we don’t plan on using it as an excuse." read more »