McLaren is imposing team orders 'lite' that will see Oscar Piastri help Lando Norris's title bid — but with the freedom to win races on merit. Mark Hughes asks if the policy can cope with the realities of an F1 championship race?
Red Bull finds itself with an overly complex 2024 F1 car that even Max Verstappen can't overcome – does it turn back, or risk going into a development dead end?
Two drivers, almost a century apart, lit up the Monza timesheet then crashed heavily on their GP weekend debuts. Mark Hughes compares Kimi Antonelli's spectacular drive for Mercedes with another superstar's appearance in 1925
Could Lando Norris actually win this world championship? That was the buzz around the paddock after the McLaren driver had delivered his resounding victory in Zandvoort. It looks extremely unlikely…
Ferrari had nothing to lose at the 2024 Italian GP – and came away as winners. Mark Hughes analyses how the Scuderia emerged victorious
Franco Colapinto makes his F1 debut at the 2024 Italian GP for Williams – can the aspirational Argentinian make his mark?
Lando Norris has a huge F1 championship points gap to make up, but the momentum is with him while Max Verstappen struggles with his car – not unlike Hunt vs Lauda in '76, writes Mark Hughes
Lando Norris and McLaren reigned supreme at the Dutch GP on a track that suited them – but it remains to be seen if it can maintain the dominance else where, writes Mark Hughes
Reports of an asymmetric braking system — which has now been made illegal — fuelled rumours about Red Bull's sudden decrease in form. But, as Mark Hughes writes, the claims made are unsubstantiated
At least one F1 team is suspected of using an asymmetric braking system that has been specifically outlawed over the summer break. Mark Hughes looks at where the evidence points
Aston Martin is assembling a formidable group of F1 engineers in preparation for an assault on the F1 title in 2026. Hiring Adrian Newey would cap a heavyweight technical team says Mark Hughes
There’ s plenty of talk of how volatile the 2025 driver market has been, but if anything it’s been overshadowed by the conveyor belt of senior staff changes recently. In…
With uncertainty at Red Bull and Mercedes, Carlos Sainz stalled his F1 contract negotiations for as long as he could. In the end, writes Mark Hughes, he had to sign with Williams or risk seeing Valtteri Bottas take the seat
Racing with an unproven set-up and — thanks to George Russell's instinct — an untested strategy, Mercedes surprised everyone with a Belgium 1-2, writes Mark Hughes. But the root of F1 success may have been its downfall
Look beyond the head-to-head qualifying results between F1 team-mates, and a different picture emerges around which drivers are closely matched, writes Mark Hughes
For a few laps of the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix, Lando Norris looked as if he was about to defy team orders, as Sebastian Vettel did in F1's infamous 'Multi 21' episode. Mark Hughes examines the parallels
