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.
Further changes to next year's F1 regulations should reduce the yawning gap between the smaller teams and the top three, writes Mark Hughes
Jim Clark made his grand prix debut with Lotus and never left the team. But this formidable partnership had not been the original plan
The ripple effect of Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari departure is being felt across the F1, and it could have interesting consequences, as Mark Hughes explains
Gilles Villeneuve had barely been heard of on the international stage when McLaren entered him in a third car for the 1977 British Grand Prix. ‘Who?’ was not an uncommon…
Mario Andretti was instantly quick in his first F1 practice session at Monza in 1968. Perhaps too quick, as he found himself banned from the race - Mark Hughes looks back at a delayed Grand Prix debut
If Sebastian Vettel signs a new contract with Ferrari for 2021, he will have to accept that he's no longer the team's chosen one, writes Mark Hughes
The Aston Martin name will return to F1 next year... and the Mercedes team principal has invested in the company. What does Toto Wolff's stake mean? Mark Hughes has the answer.
Sir Stirling Moss made his world championship grand prix debut in Berne for the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix. Mark Hughes looks back at the start of a glorious career
Sir Stirling Moss 1929-2020 One of the legends upon which the whole sport rests has now left us, but Stirling Moss’ deeds never will. He was one of those very…
In this enforced pause in F1 on-track activity, it’s as good as time as any to reflect on the first six years of the turbo hybrid formula from a competitive…
Project Pitlane – F1’s response to the call to arms by the British government for technology to alleviate the coronavirus pandemic – has had its first significant success. A breathing…
The concerns of F1 are insignificant in this unprecedented time, but with Baku expected later today to be the eighth 2020 grand prix either cancelled or postponed, we should probably…
Caught between eras, Formula 1’s struggle to downsize has only been intensified by coronavirus. No…
It was the greatest grand prix of the 21st century to date. Suzuka 2005 could…
The rhyme of time is strong while this is being written. The recent anniversary of…
Monaco 1961 has been hailed as perhaps the most brilliant of all of Stirling Moss’s…
Formula 1 is grappling with a pandemic and its economic consequences, and it has reacted…
It was Michael Schumacher at his peak for the first few years of the new…
Formula 1 has always existed in a bubble, sealed from most of the concerns of…
It’s Strange times as Formula 1 grinds to a coronavirus-induced halt along with the rest…
The 2020 generation of Formula 1 cars are likely to be the fastest the championship…
Renault special advisor Alain Prost was in brutally honest form as he spoke at the…
Max Verstappen’s signature on a Red Bull contract extension to the end of 2023 has…
Pat Symonds recently dropped the bombshell that Formula 1 is seriously looking at two-strokes for…