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.
I got an e-mail from a friend after he’d read the current magazine’s cover story about our utopian vision for a future F1. He pointed out that whichever way you…
We were sitting in the McLaren ‘brand centre’, three of us, mid-season 2008, just chewing the fat one grand prix Saturday, qualifying still a couple of hours away. In walks…
Now that the full extent of Renault Sport’s energy recovery problems are becoming evident, so the clouds are parting to reveal why Bernie Ecclestone seems intent on pursuing the hugely…
Jacques Villeneuve contesting the new World Rallycross Championship is exciting news in itself, but making it historically sweeter and completing the circle is the fact that there will be a…
Kevin Magnussen was deeply impressive in his first extensive test as a pukka McLaren driver, and not just because his best lap was significantly faster than anyone else managed. That…
Has the Red Bull era been ended by the new formula? That was the intriguing possibility to emerge from the first bout of testing of the new generation F1 turbo…
Max Mosley’s actions several years ago continue to reverberate around Formula 1, as was well-illustrated last week with two of the biggest F1 news stories of recent years: Bernie Ecclestone…
The last time I saw John was in the Interlagos paddock after the Brazilian Grand Prix. He was bemoaning the fact that, because of a clashing commitment, his boy Jenson…