F1
Hamilton vs Verstappen: who's the driver of the season so far? – MPH
It's been one of the tightest, most intense title battles in a generation – but who is MPH's driver of the season so far?
Mark Hughes
Grand Prix editor
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.
Latest articles from Mark
F1
Bad decisions and a perfect performance: the mayhem that made Ocon's Hungarian GP win
A Valtteri Bottas misjudgement seconds into the start took out or seriously compromised all but one of the fast cars and a strategic error by Mercedes put that one –…
F1
Verstappen and Hamilton will have to swap styles to win title - MPH
Max Verstappen is still the favourite for the 2021 F1 title but won't be if he can't swap his racing style for something similar to Lewis Hamilton
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The British karting prodigy who should have been the female Senna - MPH
While W Series hopes to find the next female F1 talent, Lorraine Peck could have been a star says Mark Hughes
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No more backing down: Hamilton's resolve to race hard at Silverstone
It’s not so much the title fight that just got more serious, but the personal battle of wills between its two combatants. The title fight still favours Red Bull and…
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Alfa Romeo sponsorship deal spells the end of new F1 manufacturer teams — MPH
As car manufacturers concentrate on electric road cars, they will no longer be spending R&D budgets on F1. So Alfa Romeo's sponsorship deal with Sauber is set to be the blueprint for F1's future, writes Mark Hughes
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'Flat-out' sprint qualifying is unlikely while F1 drivers are on race engineers' leash — MPH
Next Saturday at Silverstone we will have ‘The Sprint’, a 17-lap race without obligatory pit stops, the finishing order of which will form the grid for the British Grand Prix…
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Has F1's off-track war already cost Mercedes the title? — MPH
F1 teams are using the FIA more and more to gain an advantage over rivals - and Mercedes appear to be losing out
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Sharper Red Bull bares teeth in Styria, as Mercedes cuts begin to tell
This really was one of the most straightforward of grands prix of the modern era, Max Verstappen and Red Bull-Honda never looking anything other than comfortable victors. Lewis Hamilton and…
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F1's greats can't show their talent in made-for-TV grands prix — MPH
It was fascinating listening in on Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean having a post-F1 chat about their new American racing adventures. Grosjean was relating his first Indycar test. “First run…
F1
The blurred lines that gave us Paul Ricard's best-ever French Grand Prix
A thrilling duel between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton played out from beginning to end, the outcome in the balance throughout. It was surely the best grand prix that has…
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Jan Matsuzaki: the Aston Martin tyre guru set to shape F1 title race — MPH
Why do Red Bull and Aston Martin seem to be able to run their tyres at a lower pressure than F1 rivals? Step forward Jan Matsuzaki who has an uncanny understanding of race rubber
