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.
Formula 1 is working on new rules for closer racing from 2021 but at the moment, one key factor is keeping Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull at the summit Formula 1's…
Alexander Albon finds himself in a race-winning car during his rookie season. Will he secure the Red Bull seat for 2020, or find the same fate as Pierre Gasly? Albon…
Many expect the top Formula 1 drivers to stay put for 2020, but, Mark Hughes argues, there just might be an avenue for Sebastian Vettel to return from Ferrari to…
A clash of F1’s two biggest titans always was going to be decided in the margins. This Hungarian Grand Prix was tilted by a failed Lewis Hamilton overtake and overheating…
So there’s the Formula 1 silly season of 2020 and there’s one of the summer break 2019 - with the futures of Gasly, Ocon, Hülkenberg and others at stake Pierre Gasly is…
Verstappen takes aim at Hamilton – and Mercedes… Max Verstappen believes Lewis Hamilton is beatable Photo: Motorsport Images Max Verstappen has risked a war of words with Lewis Hamilton by claiming…
Likely the last German Grand Prix for now provided a dramatic wet-dry race hinging on safety cars - and a stunning victory drive by Red Bull's Max Verstappen. Full race report…
The 2019 German Grand Prix could very well be the final Formula 1 race Hockenheim hosts. Mark Hughes looks back at the many highlights the venue has produced over the…
With echoes of Mauro Forghieri’s return in the 1970s, Simone Resta’s impending Ferrari homecoming from Alfa Romeo could restore the Scuderia’s glory days Might Alfa Romeo technical director Simone Resta take Charles Leclerc…
Refuelling is back on the Formula 1 agenda, to reduce car weight as part of new 2021 regulations. But it's not a solution to all of the sport's problems Michael Schumacher's…
Having been beaten in qualifying by team-mate Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton had his own private strategy of how he wasn’t going to let that happen in the race. Mercedes knew…
Mark Hughes recalls the thrill of watching Williams' first ever Formula 1 race victory as a fan at the 1979 British Grand Prix Alan Jones sweeps through Copse with a…
