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.
On paper, the team with the biggest potential for improvement this year is Aston Martin (Racing Point as was). Which may sound odd given the very strong 2020 it enjoyed…
There’s an increasingly propounded theory in F1 technical circles – seemingly supported by the competitive evidence of the last two seasons at least – that the low-rake aero concept followed…
Davide Brivio is set to arrive at Alpine F1 with a reputation for making teams gel. Can he do the same again with Fernando Alonso in the car? asks Mark Hughes
One of the biggest talking points of an F1 season in which Lewis Hamilton broke the all-time career stat records previously held by Michael Schumacher has been just how big…
The long-running saga of who drives the second Red Bull in 2021 finally came to a conclusion last week with the not-unexpected news that Sergio Perez would be replacing Alex…
For 60 of the 87 laps George Russell was going to win as Lewis Hamilton’s stand-in at Mercedes. But fate had other plans. A safety car to retrieve the front…
This is not a race that will be remembered for Lewis Hamilton’s 95th grand prix victory. Seconds into the race, Romain Grosjean’s Haas hit a three-layer metal barrier at 137mph,…
Contracting Covid-19 was the major risk to Lewis Hamilton's F1 title this year, so he's obsessively protected himself. Staying isolated has brought benefits, writes Mark Hughes
This was a race of tyre temperatures, and their wild variation between cars at different stages of the weekend. This was why the car which had been on pole for…
Take a look at the graphs below. They compare the qualifying form of Mercedes and Red Bull over the last four seasons. Two patterns are immediately obvious: 1) The Mercedes…
The route to Hamilton’s Schumacher-equalling 91st victory wasn’t as swashbuckling as he’d perhaps have chosen. It relied upon a single error and a subsequent series of misfortunes for his only…
The reasons for Honda's F1 departure raise questions about the future of Renault and Mercedes in grand prix racing, writes Mark Hughes
