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.
Imagine you’re a driver who has worked for years towards their goal of F1, had success in the junior categories, got yourself onto a team’s junior programme, done all the…
Aston Martin F1's CEO Andy Cowell has made himself its team boss too, demoting Mike Krack to a trackside role. Mark Hughes explains how the brilliant former Merc engine guru can make the difference
Just a few seasons ago McLaren was staring into the abyss, with a poor car and dysfunctional team – Mark Hughes explains how Zak Brown empowered some crucial staff to get it firing again
Carlos Sainz has battled against 'chosen' team-mates like Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc for all his F1 career — and thrived. Now, at Williams, he finally has a team centred on him, says Mark Hughes. But the fight goes on
It didn't all go McLaren's way at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but Lando Norris ensured his team took home the F1 constructors' championship with a resounding victory before targeting the drivers' title in 2025, says Mark Hughes
George Russell has claimed that Max Verstappen threatened to ram him into the wall at the start of the Qatar Grand Prix in an explosive F1 row. Even more interesting, says Mark Hughes is why Russell has revealed it
There’s probably something of the butterfly’s wing effect in the race-changing consequences of Alex Albon’s wing mirror lying in the middle of the Losail track on Sunday. How many times…
Max Verstappen’s victory was perfectly executed in keeping the pursuing Lando Norris at bay for 35 laps then cruising home after the McLaren driver was awarded a stop/go penalty for…
Max Verstappen says that he would have clinched his fourth Formula 1 world chanpionship even quicker, had he been a McLaren driver in 2024. Mark Hughes has examined the claim and begs to differ
Max Verstappen set his unerring sights on the task in hand in Vegas and was rewarded with an F1 title – Mark Hughes looks back on an uncannily similar performance over four decades ago at the same location
Mercedes hit the jackpot at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix, where the track surface and temperature gave a double boost to its W15 F1 car. The rest didn't stand a chance, writes Mark Hughes
McLaren was in the F1 doldrums six years ago, but now heads the constructors' championship, led by Andrea Stella, who's created a very different atmosphere to the Ron Dennis era, says Mark Hughes
