MPH: F1 testing lap time analysis - how far ahead is Mercedes?
So the numbers are in from six days of pre-season testing. When analysing them, using the methods outlined here, to attempt to establish a performance order, we can apply several…
It comes that time of year when we get the first slivers of information about the competitive shape of the season ahead, where we sift through the lap times from…
As we approach F1’s car launch week and ponder again if anyone can finally break Mercedes’ monopoly of the hybrid formula as it goes into its seventh season, it’s timely…
Does Honda’s apparent vetoing of Fernando Alonso’s planned Indy 500 deal this year with Andretti Autosport have any impact upon his hoped-for return to F1 in 2021? And realistically, what…
Mercedes has won the drivers’ and constructors’ championship for the last six years, a clean sweep of the hybrid era. As we wait for the new season to see if…
If Lewis Hamilton decides to put his signature to another three-year F1 contract after his current one expires, he will be starting the 2023 season as a 38-year-old. At what…
MH When the Honda decision came and the team was facing oblivion, was it a big decision to stay? You could have left. JB Yes. I could’ve gone to Toro…
Of all the 2020 prospects, those of one team in particular stand out as particularly uncertain. Haas in its fourth season stumbled upon the first real check to its progress in…
There is a significance to the Alfa Romeo F1 team’s choice of third driver. Robert Kubica - who brings his personal sponsorship with him - has been signed primarily because…
Lewis Hamilton dominated the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, taking pole position, fastest lap and victory to bring the season to a close Photo: Motorsport Images Lewis Hamilton’s race win…
In the next issue of the magazine you can catch up with Lewis Hamilton’s reflections on his season just gone. But one part that wasn’t included – and which he…
“This out-lap is crucial,” Lewis Hamilton was informed. “You don’t need to tell me,” he replied with the tone of someone who knew he was up against it, trying to…
Lewis Hamilton hadn’t realised that he’d knocked the cover off his brake bias switch on his first Q3 run. It’s on the side of the steering wheel and normally he…
It’s always a funny old race, this one. The altitude plays with all the variables in a way F1’s clever people - who try to impose order upon the crazy…
Second-best Mercedes gambled in the hope of a safety car at the 2019 Russian Grand Prix... and Ferrari presented it to them. The full race story from Mark Hughes Lewis Hamilton celebrates…
A well-timed pitstop gifted Sebastian Vettel the lead in the 2019 F1 Singapore Grand Prix, but his win came down to much more than luck Photo: Motorsport Images In the Ferrari…
Charles Leclerc withstood a two-pronged Mercedes attack to become Ferrari's first Monza winner since 2010. Mark Hughes' in-depth report on the 2019 Italian Grand Prix When Ferrari wins at Monza Photo: Motorsport Images…