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.
From Spa onwards there can be no radio communication to the driver about clutch settings once he has left the garage on the way to the grid. That’s the full…
It was a time for keeping your nerve, when the British weather was holding the crowd’s race-leading favourite Lewis Hamilton hostage to fortune. The rain had arrived on around lap…
There are two conflicting theories relating to Ferrari’s 2016 driver line-up from those close to the driver market. Perhaps significantly, neither includes Kimi Räikkönen. There is an element that insists…
Lewis Hamilton did one lap all weekend that was quicker than Nico Rosberg – that which secured him pole. Other than that, Rosberg was just slightly quicker and better over…
The future of Red Bull and Renault – both as a partnership and as separate entities committed to F1 long term – is now being severely questioned, given the position…
It was a race of tension rather than drama, far removed from the traditional Montreal crash-bang sensation. The tension was beneath the surface as Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, running…
Main image: Ferrari team principal Mauricio Arrivabene with future Haas team principal Gunther Steiner Using a perfectly legal interpretation of the regulations, Ferrari – through its association with the new…
Mercedes made a wrong call under the late race safety car, so the wrong man won. Lewis Hamilton was denied what had been shaping up into a dominant victory through…
The much-heralded switch to a 1000bhp Formula 1 for 2017 is essentially dead. At a recent meeting of engine manufacturers it was agreed that they would not be supporting such…
In the April 2014 issue of Motor Sport, we printed our 11-point ‘manifesto for change’. With the Grand Prix Drivers' Association launching a fans' survey over the Monaco Grand Prix…
The FIA technical directive issued during the Barcelona weekend, regarding fuel flow, targeted a practice believed to have been used by Ferrari in the first four races of the season…
Nico Rosberg took command of this one from the moment the wheels began turning on Friday. When they began turning as the gantry lights went out on Sunday, his were…