Sebastian Vettel leapt to the defence of Lewis Hamilton after his championship rival was questioned about calling Max Verstappen a "d***head" following the Bahrain GP. read more »

Sebastian Vettel jumps to the defence of rival Lewis Hamilton following question from Dutch journo. read more »

Sebastian Vettel launched a strong defence of Formula 1 rival Lewis Hamilton over comments the Mercedes driver made about Max Verstappen straight after the Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

Sebastian Vettel starts the Bahrain GP from pole position with title rival Lewis Hamilton ninth after his five-place grid penalty. read more »

Sebastian Vettel will start the Bahrain GP on pole positions at the front of a Ferrari one-two - and eight places ahead of Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli decided to alter its tyres for some race tracks following Mercedes blistering issues during the pre-season testing in Barcelona. Rival teams do... read more »

Ferrari opts for two additional sets of Ultrasoft tyres than chief rival Mercedes for the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai later this month. read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has said he is "more than confident" that their relationship with Ferrari is above board, saying rival accusations are based on... read more »

Juan Pablo Montoya is set to join former F1 rival Fernando Alonso on the Le Mans grid this year. read more »

Lewis Hamilton made no attempt to disguise his confusion after losing the Australian GP to Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel. read more »

Hamilton admits he was in "disbelief" when he saw Ferrari F1 rival Vettel emerge ahead from the pit lane during Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, costing him a... read more »

Australian Grand Prix polesitter Lewis Hamilton said he wanted to "wipe the smile" off F1 rival Sebastian Vettel's face.  read more »

Labelled as this season's 'dark horses', Haas have continued to impress the paddock as both Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen finished inside the top 10 in FP2. read more »

Lewis Hamilton tells F1 rival Daniel Ricciardo to avoid "rocking the boat" and risk his Red Bull relationship during contract negotiations. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has said he is in the pursuit of "ultimate satisfaction" this year, which means winning with Ferrari and beating his rival Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has warned a rival series away from Formula 1 could emerge if the future of the sport is not properly resolved. read more »

Esteban Ocon is hoping to lock horns with Max Verstappen further down the line and battle his long-time rival for the Formula 1 World Championship. read more »

Lewis Hamilton shrugs off Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel's headline time from Thursday's pre-season test running in Barcelona as Mercedes focuses on its long-run pace. read more »

Lewis Hamilton hands out a warning to F1 world title rival Sebastian Vettel by declaring he wants to beat him “at his best because then it’s more painful”. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes rival Renault will make the biggest step of any Formula 1 team in 2018 read more »

McLaren's racing director has revealed his fear of losing Fernando Alonso last season and is wary of rival teams turned poachers. read more »

Force India have revealed that rival teams, both "bigger and smaller", made approaches for some of their key staff after yet another stellar campaign. read more »

Formula 1's decision to axe the grid girls has been welcomed by Formula E, who couldn't resist poking at their rival series. read more »

Formula One bosses know the series is still "so far" from rival sports in terms of social media despite registering a huge increase in followers during 2017. read more »

Formula 1 is still "nowhere" compared to rival sports in the world of social media despite reporting a huge boost in interaction, according to Pat Symonds read more »