Mark Hughes dissects F1’s first shakedown, revealing why the opening signs are far more positive than expected

F1's 2026 regulations severely restrict designers, says McLaren. But the reigning champions have identified small areas of this year's car where there's an opportunity to find the 'performance honey'

Mercedes is rumoured to have an engine innovation promising a significant advantage over other Formula 1 power units. It could mean rivals are allowed extra benefits to catch up, explains Mark Hughes

As the ground-effect era draws to a close, Mark Hughes uses qualifying data and technical insight to explain why the Formula 1 field has converged - and why the reasons go far beyond the rules alone

Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most

Mark Hughes revisits the race that gave McLaren team principal Andrea Stella a sleepless night ahead of this year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: how victory in 2025 was forged from a Ferrari failure 15 years earlier

Mark Hughes explains how McLaren’s pre-planned lap-one swap and split-tyre strategy blunted Verstappen’s threat and laid the groundwork for Norris’s title-winning drive

As Abu Dhabi brings the three F1 title contenders together, their contrasting demeanours reveal as much about the pressure they carry as the points that separate them, says Mark Hughes

A lap-seven safety car forced a simple choice - and McLaren got it wrong, throwing away Piastri’s win and giving Verstappen a shot at the title, as Mark Hughes explains

McLaren ran its cars with a ride-height safety margin in Las Vegas, where Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were disqualified for excessive plank wear. But, asks Mark Hughes, was that based on a more aggressive set-up to tackle Red Bull's renewed threat?

McLaren's disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix led to speculation about a conspiracy to bring Max Verstappen back into the title fight. But there's a more realistic explanation

Lando Norris's dramatic drop in pace at the end of the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix alerted race officials to look closely at McLaren's cars. With both then disqualified, Max Verstappen is back in the title race