In previous lives Mark raced cars, worked at Jim Russell racing school, got a university degree which he never used, tried working in industry, didn’t like it, left and joined Motoring News in 1988 as a junior club race reporter. Went freelance in ’96, concentrated on F1 from 2000. Grand Prix editor of Autosport for 10 years.
A day of rain and sun in Zandvoort made F1 strategy a guessing game at the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix. Some got it right and some got it wrong, but there was no displacing Max Verstappen at the front, says Mark Hughes
This year's Haas has shown its pace in qualifying but a crucial issue is costing race pace, says Mark Hughes. A fix could bring in the points — but may also see Nico Hülkenberg lose an edge over his team-mate
Red Bull handed Alex Albon the opportunity of a lifetime in 2019, but he couldn't get to grips with the tricky car. Now at Williams, he's shown his true potential. So what should his next move be? asks Mark Hughes
Covid forced F1 to push back its new regulations — giving us the thrilling 2021 season as a result. But what would have happened without the pandemic? asks Mark Hughes. And what would this year's championship look like?
Red Bull's RB18 was dominant but its next iteration has been even more so. Mark Hughes reveals how the rest of the field have been caught out and recalls another occasion it's been slow in picking up on Adrian Newey's innovations
Amid Spa’s forested valleys, echoes of the past hang in the air like the spray from the tyres. No race weekend there is ever exactly like a previous one but…
The Red Bull’s pace advantage at Spa was big even by its own 2023 standards. The circuit – with its long straights but fast corners – demands aero efficiency above…
At the heart of Spa-Francorchamps sits Eau Rouge - one of motor sport's most infamous corner sequences. But, amid growing safety concerns, even Mark Hughes is wrestling with whether it, or even Spa itself, should be cut from F1 entirely
Max Verstappen’s victory at the Hungaroring last Sunday secured – as you will doubtless have been told many times already – the 12th consecutive grand prix win for Red Bull,…
The gold-standard driver and team of the F1 grid broke one of the championship's most significant records in Hungary, as the battle for 'best of the rest' rages on
The unique Red Bull Ring has a reputation for shaking up the F1 order, with several factors pointing to the chance of a shock Max Verstappen defeat, writes Mark Hughes, who is keeping a close watch on Ferrari
In this season of Verstappen dominance, the most intriguing competition is that between the three teams directly behind - Aston Martin, Mercedes and Ferrari – where the initiative has swung…
