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.
‘Don’t expect anything more from Honda this year,’ was the message going out post-Japan following Fernando Alonso’s incendiary radio remarks about his “GP2 engine”. There has finally come the public…
Forty-one grand prix victories, the same as Ayrton Senna. Lewis Hamilton had to bundle his pole-sitting team-mate Nico Rosberg aside in the opening few seconds to do it, but his…
Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz has once again made it plain that he’s serious about pulling both his teams out of F1 at the end of this season if he…
Sebastian Vettel was in very familiar territory, sitting there on pole position under the Singapore floodlights, everything under control, a set of fresh option tyres saved from yesterday, a stronger…
Mercedes finishing 1-2, Lewis Hamilton from Nico Rosberg, was just a routine story. Romain Grosjean running fourth in an impounded Lotus, pressuring the one-stopping Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel for the…
The subject of racing driver egos is always a fascinating one; ego-centricity at some level is a vital ingredient of the competitive make-up. But for a few moments on Thursday…
From Spa onwards there can be no radio communication to the driver about clutch settings once he has left the garage on the way to the grid. That’s the full…
There are two conflicting theories relating to Ferrari’s 2016 driver line-up from those close to the driver market. Perhaps significantly, neither includes Kimi Räikkönen. There is an element that insists…
Lewis Hamilton did one lap all weekend that was quicker than Nico Rosberg – that which secured him pole. Other than that, Rosberg was just slightly quicker and better over…
The future of Red Bull and Renault – both as a partnership and as separate entities committed to F1 long term – is now being severely questioned, given the position…
The much-heralded switch to a 1000bhp Formula 1 for 2017 is essentially dead. At a recent meeting of engine manufacturers it was agreed that they would not be supporting such…
Nico Rosberg took command of this one from the moment the wheels began turning on Friday. When they began turning as the gantry lights went out on Sunday, his were…
