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 »

Max Verstappen feels that the way Sebastian Vettel drove at the start of the Singapore Grand Prix, was far too aggressive for someone who is in the title fight. read more »

Max Verstappen has blamed Sebastian Vettel for the creating the chaos that ended both their races, as well as Kimi Raikkonen's, on the first lap. read more »

Renault Formula 1 chief Cyril Abiteboul says there is "no reason" for the team to have such poor reliability read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says there is "no excuse" for his recent one-lap deficit to Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen, having not beaten the 19-year-old in qualifying… read more »

Guenther Steiner is not happy with the excuse given by Carlos Sainz Jr, for the Canadian GP crash he caused. read more »

Carlos Sainz gives his reasons for the crash that eliminated him from the Canadian Grand Prix... but Haas boss Gunther Steiner shuts it down. read more »

Haas Formula 1 team principal Gunther Steiner thinks Carlos Sainz Jr was ridiculous to blame poor mirror visibility for his Canadian Grand Prix crash with Romain Grosjean and... read more »

There's no excuse; an engine should never stall and there must be a technical solution to avoid this from happening. read more »

Renault have "no excuse" not to run with the midfield teams this season; that's according to managing director Cyril Abiteboul. read more »

Renault has no excuse for not being solidly in the Formula 1 midfield in 2017, admits the team's managing director Cyril Abiteboul read more »

"We will always be the newest team, so we don t want to use that as an excuse, we want to get in with the people and be part of it." read more »

Bernie Ecclestone may have turned 86 today (Happy Birthday, Mr E), but I won't use that as a reason to offend octogenarians by offering it as an excuse for some of his... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he cannot excuse Ferrari's disappointing 2016 form but believes the team has "raised the bar" compared to last year read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has told Lewis Hamilton that the changes to his pit crew are no excuse if he misses out on the F1 Championship this season. read more »

Monisha Kaltenborn says there is no excuse for the Swiss team not to be good next year, with the introduction of the new regulations in 2017, Sauber will hopefully improve from... read more »

For some, the F1 summer shutdown is an excuse to trade in those frequent flyer miles for a holiday in some far flung locale. For an ever-increasing number of the F1 circus,... read more »

Sauber have no excuse not to be good next year - Monisha Kaltenborn read more »