MPH: F1’s big fears fade as a new era begins smoothly
Mark Hughes dissects F1’s first shakedown, revealing why the opening signs are far more positive than expected
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Cadillac’s first F1 season comes with a clear message: Try not to be last
David Coulthard’s career has long been shaded by his McLaren team-mate Mika Häkkinen’s success. But he was much more than a No2 driver in 2001 when he showed himself to be one of Formula 1’s giants
As 2026 F1 testing began in Barcelona, a new set of flashing yellow mirror lights sparked intrigue
October 24, 1965, Mexico City, Mexico The 10-round F1 championship came to a close under a blue sky in Mexico. The last race of the 1500cc era was won by…
If you spend a couple of hours with Nick Fry – as I did recently – you quickly grasp two things. The first is that he is almost constitutionally incapable…
Which sides of the garage are we going to have?” “Well, which do you want?” Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pérez are chatting in the Silverstone pits a few hours before…
Cadillac didn’t have a car last year, but it did have use of General Motors’ simulator in Charlotte, North Carolina. From mid-season on, this allowed the team to hone its…
“I was driving down the A1, and I got a call from someone whose opinion I respect, and they said, ‘Would you take a call from the group that are…
Mark Hughes dissects F1’s first shakedown, revealing why the opening signs are far more positive than expected
Cadillac’s first F1 season comes with a clear message: Try not to be last
David Coulthard’s career has long been shaded by his McLaren team-mate Mika Häkkinen’s success. But he was much more than a No2 driver in 2001 when he showed himself to be one of Formula 1’s giants
As 2026 F1 testing began in Barcelona, a new set of flashing yellow mirror lights sparked intrigue
October 24, 1965, Mexico City, Mexico The 10-round F1 championship came to a close under a blue sky in Mexico. The last race of the 1500cc era was won by…
If you spend a couple of hours with Nick Fry – as I did recently – you quickly grasp two things. The first is that he is almost constitutionally incapable…
Which sides of the garage are we going to have?” “Well, which do you want?” Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pérez are chatting in the Silverstone pits a few hours before…
Cadillac didn’t have a car last year, but it did have use of General Motors’ simulator in Charlotte, North Carolina. From mid-season on, this allowed the team to hone its…
“I was driving down the A1, and I got a call from someone whose opinion I respect, and they said, ‘Would you take a call from the group that are…
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
July 5, 1970 Clermont-Ferrand, France Smiles here, but the reigning Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart and Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson were embroiled in a bitter war of words…
There are a small number of racing drivers whose stories only truly reveal themselves, or even make sense, when you stop thinking about lap times and start thinking about geography:…
The 2026 Formula 1 rule changes are arguably the biggest in the history of grand prix racing, and certainly the most divisive. They undermine the fundamental tenets of the racing…
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