Honda’s own description of its second engine upgrade is modest, and Lance Stroll’s verdict was even blunter. So is there hope for Aston Martin?
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Christian Horner has been linked with Ferrari and says Red Bull has lost its mojo. Mark Hughes weighs both claims before looking back at Baku and ahead to Sepang
When Franco Colapinto took out Lando Norris and Pierre Gasly in the Azerbaijan GP, stewards applied F1’s rules correctly, giving him a 10sec penalty. But shouldn’t a crash that takes out two other cars come with a heavier sanction?
Malaysia returns to the Formula 1 calendar this weekend to host, oddly, the Bahrain GP. Here’s what to watch out for at Sepang
Ferrari’s latest leadership rumour ignores two decades of history: swapping team principals won’t work until Maranello hands real power to the person in the role, says Mark Hughes
There are few names more steeped in Le Mans lore than Porsche, with the company firmly cemented at the top of the charts for overall wins. Yet in the first…
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Time was running out. On several levels. The most pressing problem, however, was to qualify. This process would have been straightforward — until just a few days ago. Which is…
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The 2026 Formula 1 field ranked after the first half of the season. One driver stands above the rest
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In this special episode, Mark welcomes MotoGP columnist Mat Oxley to discuss whether new series owner Liberty Media can repeat its F1 success with MotoGP – without losing motorcycling’s “dangerous and dirty” soul
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Formula 1’s fastest car keeps changing hands – is Ferrari’s Monza upgrade about to hand it over again?
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
What’s the overlooked factor behind McLaren’s Zandvoort dominance? And can it survive the trip to Monza?
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
The 2026 Formula 1 field ranked after the first half of the season. One driver stands above the rest
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
In this special episode, Mark welcomes MotoGP columnist Mat Oxley to discuss whether new series owner Liberty Media can repeat its F1 success with MotoGP – without losing motorcycling’s “dangerous and dirty” soul
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
How quickly should F1 drivers adapt to their cars? And what is going wrong for George Russell?
His career began on a cargo ship in icy Arctic seas. Then a chance hillclimb visit brought Jochen Mass into motor sport – to an F1 win on a sombre day and to Le Mans triumph. Matt Bishop remembers a spirited driver who loved to race for the sake of it
Can Nicolo Bulega do something that’s never been done before? And what exactly is the point of having both World Superbike and MotoGP when from next year the motorcycles in both series have never been closer?
Christian Horner hoped he would end up racing in Formula 1; fell into the team manager role; and became one of the most successful bosses in the series’ history. Here’s his story, from early days of racing in Formula Renault to managing Red Bull to multiple F1 title triumphs – and his exit after a controversial final season
Heavy rain still stops grands prix, and F1’s 2026 cars have yet to show they’re any better in it. But that’s not necessarily Pirelli’s fault…
Kimi Antonelli called Baku his worst weekend by far, yet fifth place and a 66-point lead suggest it may have shown him at his best
George Russell had it his way for most of the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, thanks to an underwhelming McLaren and rare error from Kimi Antonelli. But then came the late safety car
Ferrari’s latest leadership rumour ignores two decades of history: swapping team principals won’t work until Maranello hands real power to the person in the role, says Mark Hughes
George Russell had it his way for most of the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, thanks to an underwhelming McLaren and rare error from Kimi Antonelli. But then came the late safety car
Can Nicolo Bulega do something that’s never been done before? And what exactly is the point of having both World Superbike and MotoGP when from next year the motorcycles in both series have never been closer?
Honda led MotoGP’s 850 development race at Red Bull Ring on Monday. And it looks like the 850s will be faster than the 1000s, defeating the primary reason for the rules rewrite
There are a small number of racing drivers whose stories only truly reveal themselves, or even make sense, when you stop thinking about lap times and start thinking about geography:…
Where do you begin when you are interviewing a man who has started 322 Formula 1 grands prix, who has won 11 of them, who has stood on 68 F1…
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Giancarlo Fisichella notched up more than 200 starts over a 14-season Formula 1 career that took him from Minardi to Ferrari via Jordan (twice), Benetton, Sauber, Renault and Force India.…
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A Formula 1 race being won by Stirling Moss in 1961 was nothing unusual. But what has firmly positioned the Oulton Park Gold Cup of that year into motor sport…
It is hard to imagine that the speed limit was only raised to a heady 20mph in 1903. With no motor sport activity allowed on British roads, Hugh Fortescue Locke…
Kevin Rice describes what you are seeing over these pages as “a barn find”, and it’s hard to disagree. The man who took these images, Charles Strickland Laird, was a…
