F1
MPH: Hints of future glory in Stirling Moss's first world championship grand prix
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
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
Sir Stirling Moss obituary: the Boy Wonder who defined his era
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…
F1
MPH: Six years of star chasing — speed gains in F1's hybrid era
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…
F1
MPH: F1's raft of innovations to tackle the coronavirus crisis
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…
Mark Hughes
MPH: F1 is in survival mode and the effects could be long-lasting
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…
Esports
MPH: Racing has switched from the real to virtual world
You’re reading this in place of what would normally be the Australian Grand Prix race analysis, but turns out there wasn’t much track action in Melbourne. For one reason or…
F1
MPH: Is F1 irresponsible to race amid coronavirus outbreak?
Grand Prix racing could have been designed to spread a virus worldwide, says Mark Hughes. So should Formula 1 postpone more races until coronavirus subsides?
Mark Hughes
MPH: Ferrari's FIA power unit settlement - what does it mean?
A quite extraordinary and unexpected press release from the FIA last Friday stated: “The FIA announces that, after thorough technical investigations, it has concluded its analysis of the operation of…
F1
MPH: F1 testing lap time analysis - how far ahead is Mercedes?
So the numbers are in from six days of pre-season testing. When analysing them, using the methods outlined here, to attempt to establish a performance order, we can apply several…
F1
MPH: Why Red Bull and Ferrari are closer to Mercedes than F1 testing suggests
So ahead of the second and final week of pre-season testing, we have one unsurprising, nailed-on super-fast Mercedes. Then we have an enigmatic Red Bull that looks far better on…
F1
MPH: Pre-season test times are a mug's game — but not meaningless
It comes that time of year when we get the first slivers of information about the competitive shape of the season ahead, where we sift through the lap times from…
F1
MPH: From Tyrrell to title dominance, the evolution of Mercedes F1
As we approach F1’s car launch week and ponder again if anyone can finally break Mercedes’ monopoly of the hybrid formula as it goes into its seventh season, it’s timely…
