Mark Hughes
Sebastian Vettel's F1 future depends on his guilty conscience — MPH
Aston Martin hopes improvements to its car could persuade Sebastian Vettel to stay in F1, but can he reconcile this with his climate crusade?
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.
Latest articles from Mark
F1
Alternative ending to the 2022 Canadian GP that we'll never know
Upon Montreal’s return to the F1 calendar after its Covid-imposed three-year absence, Max Verstappen made it five wins from the last six and six from nine in the season to…
F1
Red Bull should benefit from F1 safety restrictions on porpoising— MPH
The FIA has been particularly decisive in acting upon the driver complaints about the battering they were taking at Baku due to the ground effect cars bouncing on their suspensions.…
Mark Hughes
How Leclerc or Perez could have won 2022 Azerbaijan GP – MPH
Another grand prix, another lost Charles Leclerc victory – possibly. It’s not certain the Ferrari ace was on the way to winning this one, but he was leading with no…
F1
Red Bull tensions grow with Perez 'inconveniently' on Verstappen's case: MPH
There’s something about circuits with the walls up close which seems to suit Sergio Perez. He arrives at Baku fresh off his Monaco win, both circuits at which he has…
F1
Red Bull’s car is no longer on the razor edge - and Perez is reaping the benefit: MPH
Sergio Perez’s re-signing with Red Bull makes perfect sense for the senior team itself but exposes the fault line between the team’s aims and those of the group’s young driver…
F1
Red Bull's aggressive strategy that exposed Ferrari errors: Monaco GP race analysis
There’s talk – serious talk – that this might have been the last Monaco Grand Prix. Well, if so it signed off memorably. It took around an hour to get…
F1
The spark is gone and Daniel Ricciardo looks set to leave F1 — MPH
I really don’t want to write this column, but it’s become unavoidable. We need to talk about Daniel. As we head into the Monaco weekend, the Daniel Ricciardo who so…
F1
Verstappen wins Spanish GP battle, but is Leclerc winning the war?
Charles Leclerc couldn’t believe his beautiful day could be coming to such a brutal conclusion as the Ferrari lost power 27 laps into a race which he’d dominated from pole.…
F1
Why Ferrari risks making its car worse with new upgrade — MPH
Ferrari is gambling with a heavy F1 upgrade package that could see it regain the advantage over Red Bull — or make its car worse. But it has no choice writes Mark Hughes
F1
Sebastian Vettel, statesman. New career beckons for F1 champion — MPH
For the benefit of those readers not resident in the UK, Question Time is a current affairs TV programme in which members of the British public put questions of concern…
F1
Why Verstappen's raceable Red Bull beat Leclerc — 2022 Miami GP analysis
Red Bull struggled with reliability issues early on in the weekend, but come Sunday the RB18's Pirelli preservation – and more – gave Verstappen advantage over Leclerc
