Race Reports & Analysis

Mark Hughes reports from Baku, as the championship protagonists collide in a thriller  Everything that went wrong for Daniel Ricciardo – hitting the wall in Q3, getting his Red Bull’s brake…

A measured and composed performance from Hamilton cuts the gap In Lewis Hamilton’s third win of the season, Max Verstappen’s starring cameo role at the start was key. His take-no-prisoners…

The sixth round of the 2017 F1 season brings controversy – Mark Hughes reports from Monaco They sang along to the Italian national anthem, all the Ferrari mechanics, engineers and…

Mark Hughes reports from the 2017 Spanish Grand Prix Decision time in the Mercedes pits. To pit or not pit as the lap 34 Stoffel Vandoorne/Felipe Massa collision has left…

Mark Hughes on the fascinating Russian Grand Prix, the fourth round of the 2017 F1 season Closing, closing on the race-leading Mercedes. So close now on the penultimate lap Vettel…

Mark Hughes reports from Bahrain  The contest rages on and for the third time in three races it was close enough between the red and the silvers that only outside…

Mark Hughes reports from Shanghai and the second Grand Prix of 2017 The second 2017 instalment of Lewis Hamilton vs Sebastian Vettel turned on a random factor, just as at…

So we came to where the championship mathematics had put them after 20 races. Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton, and the maths said the only way the latter could take…

Lewis Hamilton calmly dominates in the Interlagos rain, Max Verstappen stars and Nico Rosberg edges closer to the title Ooh, this was raw, gladiatorial stuff, an old-school high-risk track and hard…

The Grand Prix report from Mark Hughes, as controvesy hits the Mexican Grand Prix late on Max Verstappen and his on-the-edge judgement of braking distances, tyre grip and etiquette shaped…

Mark Hughes's comprehensive take on the United States Grand Prix, as Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg cover off what is needed Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg each did what they…

Mark Hughes on Nico Rosberg's controlled win, and team-mate Lewis Hamilton's continued woes  Mercedes-Benz left Suzuka as world champion constructors. Its race-winning driver Nico Rosberg left there walking on the air cushion…

Mark Hughes's take on the dramatic Malaysian Grand Prix that saw Ricciardo score an overdue victory – and Mercedes run out of luck Daniel Ricciardo clowned, gurned and grinned, played to…

Singapore is always a glitzy and atmospheric event, a breathtaking spectacle of sliding cars between the night-time floodlit walls, 900 horsepower, degrading grip, rubber marbles waiting menacingly off line. But…

“Area under the curve, Nico,” was the congratulatory remark to Nico Rosberg from his race engineer on the Monza victory lap. And in that comment is: a) the encapsulation of…

Max Verstappen: he’s lighting up the sport like only a few have ever done. In the beguiling mix of audacity, youth, talent, a total disregard for reputations and the head-strength…

The national anthem had finished, the cars were in their grid places, the drivers walking towards them. Lewis Hamilton paused for a time as he reached his Mercedes and stared…