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.
There were all sorts of distracting features to this race, mainly related to the wet track it started on. Max Verstappen’s crash on the formation lap and his mechanics’ heroic…
Lewis Hamilton's epic qualifying lap for the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix set up an 'easy' win on Sunday - by F1 standards. Mark Hughes examines the factors that gave him a clear run
“We dodged some bullets there,” said a relieved Valtteri Bottas after climbing out of his Mercedes the victor of the opening round of the 2020 world championship, a thrilling and…
Finally, it’s about to start, a very different season to that envisaged from a very different world of a few months ago. Having waited an age for the F1 season…
New rules - introduced after a settlement with Ferrari - have tightened F1's engine regulations, but teams remain suspicious of rivals, writes Mark Hughes
With an F1 calendar of sorts beginning to evolve, and the scheduled beginning of the season little more than a couple of weeks away, focus is finally coming back to…
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Alain Prost created a big impression by finishing sixth on his F1 debut in Argentina 1980 in an uncompetitive McLaren, having out-performed his senior team mate John Watson. But it…
F1 may be an escape from the real world, but it can't exist in a bubble, writes Mark Hughes. As its drivers speak out against racism, where is the sport's moral compass?
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
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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…
