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.
UPDATE: Mercedes introduced TJI concept to F1 in 2014. Ferrari 2015. Renault Canada 2016-onwards. Following up on the confirmation in our previous story that Ferrari has been using a Mahle-developed…
The demotion of Daniil Kvyat from Red Bull to Toro Rosso and the accompanying promotion of Max Verstappen in the other direction typifies Helmut Marko’s intensely demanding running of the…
Rosberg wins his seventh race in a row
Further to the earlier piece about the technology innovations in the combustion chambers of the hybrid turbo F1 engines, it’s now apparent that the technology being used is Turbulent Jet…
1) Nico Rosberg's win was made easier by Kimi Räikkönen and Daniil Kyvat causing damage to various drivers at the first corner, but the Mercedes driver would still have won…
Kimi Räikkönen and Daniil Kyvat together made Nico Rosberg’s day easier than it would otherwise have been – but make no mistake, Nico would almost certainly have joined the elite…
The buzz around the Formula 1 paddock about the heavily upgraded Renault engine set to debut in Canada is that it will feature the same trick combustion technology that is…
A Dr Andrew Bell of Sheffield Methods Institute, in conjunction with the University of Sheffield has just published the paper Formula For Success: Multilevel modelling of F1 driver and constructor…
The arguments between the teams on one side and the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone on the other about qualifying format is only a symptom of how F1 is seized solid.…
Click here to buy the lead image. 1) Nico Rosberg made it five wins in a row, equalling Jack Brabham (1960), Jim Clark (1965), Nigel Mansell (1992), Michael Schumacher (2004)…
Nico Rosberg tried to get away from the formation grid in second gear, triggering the Mercedes’ anti-stall. But everything else about his Bahrain evening was serene. His two major rivals…
Click here to buy the lead image One of the more intriguing rumours around F1 at the moment is that of Ron Dennis working on a BMW mega-deal to include…