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.
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…
Rivals question Ferrari engine advantage as the FIA investigate Renault over an alleged illegal brake system Ferrari and Renault tech is under the spotlight Photo: Motorsport Images Interesting times behind 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…
Red Bull sacrificed its chances in Sochi to focus on the Japanese Grand Prix. It may mean that a home F1 victory for Honda is on the cards, as Mark…
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…
A well-timed pitstop gifted Sebastian Vettel the lead in the 2019 F1 Singapore Grand Prix, but his win came down to much more than luck Photo: Motorsport Images In the Ferrari…
After another round of engine upgrades, Ferrari retains a significant power advantage. Mercedes describes it as "ridiculous", but it may just come down to one ingenious idea Ferrari's power advantage…
The result of the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix could come down to which car is set up to be the better street fighter Lewis Hamilton had the measure of Max Verstappen in Singapore…
In the next three races, Sebastian Vettel cannot afford to risk another three-point penalty, for that would take his total to 12 – at which point an automatic one-race ban…
