F1
2014 United States GP report
In Austin a race broke out amid the arguing about the sport’s future – and Lewis Hamilton won it, completely overturning Nico Rosberg’s trouncing of him in qualifying. His fifth…
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.
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Opinion
F1
The demise of Caterham and Marussia explained
With the news that both Caterham and Marussia will not make it to the US Grand Prix this weekend, what was always inevitable is now unfolding. The greedy commercial model…
F1
2014 Russian GP report
If Nico Rosberg had not stood way too late on his brakes the first time he used them, this could have been a fascinating slug-out between him and Lewis Hamilton.…
F1
2014 Japanese GP report
Jules Bianchi was a victim of a horrible confluence of circumstances. There are lessons to be learned from his horrific accident at Dunlop Curve that brought the race to an…
Opinion
F1
Alonso leaves Ferrari
At Maranello on the Wednesday after Singapore, Fernando Alonso and Marco Mattiacci sat down for a meeting to discuss the future. Fernando went in there believing he held a strong…
F1
2014 Singapore GP report
Difficult to call which scene contained the greater tension: Nico Rosberg sitting on dummy grid not knowing if he was going to be able to start the race from the…
Opinion
F1
F1's radio restriction
Banned: “Try taking slightly less entry speed into turn six and getting on the power earlier.” “We need to watch those left-rear temperatures.” “Conserve your brakes please.” “Clutch bite point…
F1
2014 Italian GP report
In the fever of controversy the conspiracy theories fester. Forget them, forget the overheated nonsense. For an explanation of why Nico Rosberg lost the lead to Lewis Hamilton by locking…
F1
2014 Belgian GP report
He did it again. Daniel Ricciardo, the shark who scents blood, took advantage of Mercedes dramas for the third time this season with yet another wonderful victory drive, attacking yet…
Opinion
F1
Get with the programme
The news this week that Max Verstappen – currently 16 years old – will be a full-time F1 driver for Toro Rosso next year, replacing Jean-Éric Vergne, came as a…
Opinion
F1
Ferrari's 2014 secrets
With Giorgio Piola The layout of this year's Ferrari F14T has recently been uncovered, as these Giorgio Piola drawings show. What is revealed is a fairly radical car that was…
F1
2014 German GP report
Considering this was a start-to-finish demonstration of unstressed perfection for Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes, Hockenheim actually served up a great race. In its short circuit existence it may no longer be…