F1
No more backing down: Hamilton's resolve to race hard at Silverstone
It’s not so much the title fight that just got more serious, but the personal battle of wills between its two combatants. The title fight still favours Red Bull and…
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
Alfa Romeo sponsorship deal spells the end of new F1 manufacturer teams — MPH
As car manufacturers concentrate on electric road cars, they will no longer be spending R&D budgets on F1. So Alfa Romeo's sponsorship deal with Sauber is set to be the blueprint for F1's future, writes Mark Hughes
F1
'Flat-out' sprint qualifying is unlikely while F1 drivers are on race engineers' leash — MPH
Next Saturday at Silverstone we will have ‘The Sprint’, a 17-lap race without obligatory pit stops, the finishing order of which will form the grid for the British Grand Prix…
F1
Did Austrian GP show Red Bull and McLaren are faster than Mercedes?
Max Verstappen extended his advantage to win the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix, and Lando Norris can count himself unfortunate not to take second. Is Mercedes now the third team, asks mark Hughes
F1
Has F1's off-track war already cost Mercedes the title? — MPH
F1 teams are using the FIA more and more to gain an advantage over rivals - and Mercedes appear to be losing out
F1
Sharper Red Bull bares teeth in Styria, as Mercedes cuts begin to tell
This really was one of the most straightforward of grands prix of the modern era, Max Verstappen and Red Bull-Honda never looking anything other than comfortable victors. Lewis Hamilton and…
F1
F1's greats can't show their talent in made-for-TV grands prix — MPH
It was fascinating listening in on Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean having a post-F1 chat about their new American racing adventures. Grosjean was relating his first Indycar test. “First run…
F1
The blurred lines that gave us Paul Ricard's best-ever French Grand Prix
A thrilling duel between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton played out from beginning to end, the outcome in the balance throughout. It was surely the best grand prix that has…
F1
Jan Matsuzaki: the Aston Martin tyre guru set to shape F1 title race — MPH
Why do Red Bull and Aston Martin seem to be able to run their tyres at a lower pressure than F1 rivals? Step forward Jan Matsuzaki who has an uncanny understanding of race rubber
F1
The painful decisions Jost Capito faces as Williams boss - MPH
Simon Roberts took over the Williams Team Principal role as Claire Williams bowed out after last year’s Italian Grand Prix. Roberts had joined the team, from McLaren, as MD only…
F1
The Baku mini-Prix: behind the two dramatic laps in Azerbaijan — MPH
In championship terms, the last five laps ensured the two contenders were neutralised. Max Verstappen, on his way to an apparently comfortable Baku victory, suffered a sudden deflation of his…
F1
Cancelled F1 races will alter Mercedes vs Red Bull battle; who will benefit? MPH
Formula 1 continues to dance very dexterously around the challenges of the pandemic in keeping the whole show on the road. But perhaps its greatest calendar-related challenge is set for…
