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 »

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 »