Podcast: Re-signed Liam Lawson could be Red Bull's next F1 champion
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Why Racing Bulls' decision in re-signing Liam Lawson could pay off spectacularly. Plus: Alan Jones remembered and Lando's dominant drive
Liam Lawson's F1 future remains in doubt as Racing Bulls decide whether to replace him with F2 frontrunner Nikola Tsolov. Does the team risk losing a future champion? asks Mark Hughes
Mercedes clinched the 2026 F1 constructors' championship at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, but its struggles in the race – and a barnstorming drive by Lando Norris – point to tougher times ahead
Ferrari’s real problem isn't a lost 1-2 finish in Mexico, but a rivalry where both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc believe they should be No1, says Mark Hughes
Ferrari had the pace for a Mexico 1-2 - until Hamilton and Leclerc’s first-lap clash opened the door for Verstappen to snatch victory. Mark Hughes dissects the race
Mexico City’s thin air and tricky tyre temperatures could turn the usual competitive order on its head. Mark Hughes explains why
Mark Hughes asks whether F1’s insistence that the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix will go ahead can survive the realities of the Middle East conflict
Kimi Antonelli all but secured the Formula 1 title with a champion's drive at the 2026 United States Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. Behind him, forlorn rivals failed to make their superior pace stick
Christian Horner details how he rebuilt Red Bull from the ashes of Jaguar, and hired F1's greatest designer from under the noses of rivals in his new autobiography, Drive. Mark Hughes found it fascinating
Mark Hughes analyses how Max Verstappen beat Charles Leclerc to victory in Singapore, and how Lewis Hamilton’s strategic gamble turned a promising Ferrari result into a costly disappointment
A power-unit penalty leaves Russell with a mountain to climb in Singapore, and Alonso could prove an unexpected obstacle, Mark Hughes predicts
Sepang’s abrasive tarmac did more than shred Formula 1 tyres - it scrambled team simulations and may well have handed Red Bull an unassailable advantage in the Bahrain Grand Prix, that reshaped the competitive order, as Mark Hughes explains
Back in Malaysia for the first time in nine years, plenty of Formula 1 teams were caught out by the unique characteristics of the Sepang circuit where one decision had a devastating effect on their whole Bahrain GP weekend
Mark Hughes dissects how Sepang’s brutally abrasive surface and restricted tyre allocation are turning this weekend into a strategic gauntlet where the right compound choice could matter more than raw pace
Ferrari’s latest leadership rumour ignores two decades of history: swapping team principals won’t work until Maranello hands real power to the person in the role, says Mark Hughes
George Russell had it his way for most of the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, thanks to an underwhelming McLaren and rare error from Kimi Antonelli. But then came the late safety car
2026 Azerbaijan GP practice sessions were dominated by analysis of the frontrunners and Arvid Lindblad's spectacular crash. But under the radar, writes Mark Hughes, one driver is shaking up the midfield with sensational lap times