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.
As F1 enters the final year of its ground effect era, teams are discovering that success now depends as much on intuition and adaptability as on traditional engineering precision, as Mark Hughes explains
We've only seen flashes of Charles Leclerc's brilliance at Monaco, writes Mark Hughes, but the Ferrari F1 driver merits a place among the greatest to race in Monte-Carlo
Lando Norris realised his dream of winning the Monaco Grand Prix in 2025, as the new mandatory two-stop rule brought creative strategies in the midfield, writes Mark Hughes
This year’s Monaco Grand Prix brings the prospect of unprecedented chaos and intrigue, as the new two-stop rule throws strategy - and the race outcome - wide open. Mark Hughes explains
This year's Emilia-Romagna GP was probably Imola's last F1 race, but the circuit was already pushing its luck in an age of safer and fairer racing — that lacks the rawness of the past, says Mark Hughes
A brilliant performance in a pacy Red Bull — plus some lucky timing — pulled Max Verstappen clear of the pack in the 2025 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, which looks set to mark F1's final race at Imola
After losing its way last year, Aston Martin's F1 team has been reshaping itself into a force that can fight for world championships. This weekend's Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix is where it must start to deliver, says Mark Hughes
Six races into the Formula 1 season, McLaren has taken an early lead as Max Verstappen has kept Red Bull competitive and Mercedes and Ferrari try to gain ground. Mark Hughes analyses the field's form in the first quarter of 2025
Max Verstappen preserved his lead at the start of the Miami GP by knowing the letter of the F1 law – probably costing Lando Norris the win
McLaren crushed the opposition in the Miami Grand Prix, with Piastri taking his third straight win in a race that looked like Norris's to lose. Mark Hughes answers the main questions from the sixth round of the 2025 season
One year ago McLaren scored a shock Miami win, but it proved a changing of the F1 guard – can Red Bull do the same to fight back in Florida this weekend, asks Mark Hughes
Fears that one engine manufacturer will dominate F1 from 2026 are likely to see strugglers allowed to catch up. If power units are to be artificially equalised, how much of a technical competition will it be? asks Mark Hughes
