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.
In the next issue of the magazine you can catch up with Lewis Hamilton’s reflections on his season just gone. But one part that wasn’t included – and which he…
“This out-lap is crucial,” Lewis Hamilton was informed. “You don’t need to tell me,” he replied with the tone of someone who knew he was up against it, trying to…
Six world titles and amazingly there are still some who put Lewis Hamilton’s achievements down to the dominance of his Mercedes in the hybrid era. Whilst it’s true that Mercedes…
Ferrari seemed to lose its speed advantage at the F1 US Grand Prix — after suggestions it was using illegal engine technology. But that's unlikely to be the explanation, writes Mark Hughes Photo:…
Lewis Hamilton hadn’t realised that he’d knocked the cover off his brake bias switch on his first Q3 run. It’s on the side of the steering wheel and normally he…
It’s always a funny old race, this one. The altitude plays with all the variables in a way F1’s clever people - who try to impose order upon the crazy…
This year's crop of new drivers is one of the strongest that F1 has seen and the competition is still on to stand out as 2019's rookie of the year Albon,…
What Renault didn't do is just as significant as what it did says Mark Hughes, looking into the team's Japanese Grand Prix disqualification Photo: Motorsport Images With the FIA’s ruling on the…
An error-strewn start by Ferrari that handed Valtteri Bottas victory: the full story of the 2019 F1 Japanese Grand Prix Photo: Motorsport Images Sebastian Vettel probably still had the adrenaline…
Sebastian Vettel’s raging against the dying of the light has added a fascinating new twist to the season’s narrative, one of which Dylan Thomas would surely have approved. Vettel’s behaviour and…
Second-best Mercedes gambled in the hope of a safety car at the 2019 Russian Grand Prix... and Ferrari presented it to them. The full race story from Mark Hughes Lewis Hamilton celebrates…
Formula 1's painstakingly-researched new regulations for 2021 are designed to allow closer racing. But they could be for nothing if Ferrari plays its trump card The top three teams remain opposed…
