At the heart of Spa-Francorchamps sits Eau Rouge - one of motor sport's most infamous corner sequences. But, amid growing safety concerns, even Mark Hughes is wrestling with whether it, or even Spa itself, should be cut from F1 entirely
The gold-standard driver and team of the F1 grid broke one of the championship's most significant records in Hungary, as the battle for 'best of the rest' rages on
Daniel Ricciardo's F1 plan is clear: impress at AlphaTauri and claim back the Red Bull seat he gave up five years ago. But even Mark Hughes can't predict how it will actually turn out
F1 Retro
Silverstone marked the arrival of Williams as an F1 grand prix winner, writes Mark Hughes. It witnessed dominant victories in the constructor's glory days and, last weekend, it saw a (temporarily) resurgent team celebrating its imminent 800th GP.
Red Bull has called for changes to F1's 2026 power unit regulations, warning that the new hybrid systems will detract from racing. Many saw the complaints as a sign the team was behind in development, but Mark Hughes isn't so sure
F1 Retro
It was the first glimpse of Verstappen, Red Bull and Honda's future iron grip on F1: they were behind in 2019 but, as Mark Hughes recalls, mistakes from rivals at the Austrian GP showed that the key ingredients were in place
The unique Red Bull Ring has a reputation for shaking up the F1 order, with several factors pointing to the chance of a shock Max Verstappen defeat, writes Mark Hughes, who is keeping a close watch on Ferrari
Recall the silly season of team bosses just before the season began? Mattia Binotto resigned from Ferrari after his position there was made untenable by senior management. Frédéric Vasseur was…
F1 Retro
A topsy-turvy 2010 Canadian GP was so unpredictable, that it formed the basis of Pirelli's tyre development direction for the years to come – and shaped F1 as we know it today, writes Mark Hughes
To most fans, Max Verstappen looks like he's cruising to his third F1 title but his rivals hasn't lost hope. Mark Hughes examines why they're not throwing in the towel just yet
Mercedes' upgrades allowed it to pull clear as best of the rest in Spain, but can Ferrari show its true colours in Canada?
Max Verstappen's 40th F1 win in Barcelona was the latest landmark in a long history of rivalry and friendship between Helmut Marko and the late Niki Lauda and Dietrich Mateschitz
Max Verstappen stormed to victory in Spain ahead of a resurgent Mercedes - the key to their successes - according to Mark Hughes - lying in their ability manage heightened tyre wear
Both Ferrari and Mercedes are ringing the technical changes in a bid to catch Red Bull – but they've already spent too long going in the wrong direction, writes Mark Hughes
Max Verstappen's 2023 Monaco GP win was a triumph of performance, tyre management and strategy — in stark contrast to Ayrton Senna's experience 35 years earlier, writes Mark Hughes:"there was a time when the driver could largely do whatever the hell he wanted"
The transformation of Aston Martin continues apace, with the announcement that from 2026 it partners up with Honda as the Japanese company has officially U-turned on its 2021 decision to…
