F1
MPH: Alonso and Alpine: the challenge facing Davide Brivio
Davide Brivio is set to arrive at Alpine F1 with a reputation for making teams gel. Can he do the same again with Fernando Alonso in the car? asks Mark Hughes
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
MPH: How much of Lewis Hamilton's success is down to his car?
One of the biggest talking points of an F1 season in which Lewis Hamilton broke the all-time career stat records previously held by Michael Schumacher has been just how big…
F1
MPH: 'Will Perez have the measure of Max? I'd be amazed...'
The long-running saga of who drives the second Red Bull in 2021 finally came to a conclusion last week with the not-unexpected news that Sergio Perez would be replacing Alex…
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MPH: Why Red Bull had the fastest car in Abu Dhabi
An improved Red Bull and a slightly less than fully fit Mercedes finally swung the balance in the last race of the season, Max Verstappen winning from pole in Abu…
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MPH: George Russell's feisty debut and why it went wrong
For 60 of the 87 laps George Russell was going to win as Lewis Hamilton’s stand-in at Mercedes. But fate had other plans. A safety car to retrieve the front…
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MPH: 'After Grosjean's crash, the worst seemed the most likely outcome'
This is not a race that will be remembered for Lewis Hamilton’s 95th grand prix victory. Seconds into the race, Romain Grosjean’s Haas hit a three-layer metal barrier at 137mph,…
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MPH: 'Covid let me focus on my weaknesses... I'm getting better' — Hamilton
Contracting Covid-19 was the major risk to Lewis Hamilton's F1 title this year, so he's obsessively protected himself. Staying isolated has brought benefits, writes Mark Hughes
F1
MPH: Hamilton's slick strategy — 'He just knows what to do'
This was a race of tyre temperatures, and their wild variation between cars at different stages of the weekend. This was why the car which had been on pole for…
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MPH: Is a perfect lap at Istanbul Park possible?
Formula 1 returns to Istanbul Park this coming weekend for the first time in nine years. Of the current grid, only Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Sergio Perez…
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MPH: Bottas looked unstoppable at Imola. Then a piece of broken Ferrari appeared.
Had Sebastian Vettel and Kevin Magnussen not collided at Tosa on the first lap, leaving part of the Ferrari’s endplate on the track, Valtteri Bottas may very well have dominated…
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MPH: Unique Portimao set up old-fashioned drubbing by Hamilton
The occasion of Lewis Hamilton’s record-breaking 92nd grand prix victory was a virtuoso performance in a Mercedes with an advantage that was exaggerated by Red Bull’s wrong tyre choice. Ironically,…
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MPH: Can Red Bull close the gap to Mercedes in 2020 — and does it want to?
Take a look at the graphs below. They compare the qualifying form of Mercedes and Red Bull over the last four seasons. Two patterns are immediately obvious: 1) The Mercedes…
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