Mark Hughes: Verstappen free to leave in 2027; Red Bull’s aero fix is why he might not
A contract clause could free Verstappen to leave next year, but Red Bull’s breakthrough Austria upgrade may be giving him reason enough to stay, says Mark Hughes
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Aston Martin’s 2026 struggles have deeper roots than a difficult regulation reset – some of them trace back to a factory Eddie Jordan built in 1991
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
High-speed Silverstone is an Formula 1 favourite, but this year’s British Grand Prix will see cars slowing on the straights as they run out of electrical energy. What does that mean for the race?
British GP briefing
As F1’s title fight tightens, Silverstone’s unique demands threaten to scramble the order further in what might turn out to be an atypical British GP
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2026 British Grand Prix
Two controversies involving George Russell and Mercedes, one technical and one sporting, didn’t expose flaws in Formula 1’s rules, but how quickly reason is lost in the noise of reaction, Mark Hughes argues
Mercedes’ teenage sensation Kimi Antonelli has the advantage in this year’s F1 title race, but former team boss Claire WIlliams believes that George Russell’s experience will give him the edge by the end of the season
F1 flashback: 1926 grands prix
As the British Grand Prix celebrates its centenary, Matt Bishop recounts another GP held 100 years ago, which failed to deliver much excitement, but featured an extraordinary array of characters
The Austrian GP was the result Red Bull needed, but is it enough to start convincing Max Verstappen to stay around?
A contract clause could free Verstappen to leave next year, but Red Bull’s breakthrough Austria upgrade may be giving him reason enough to stay, says Mark Hughes
Aston Martin’s 2026 struggles have deeper roots than a difficult regulation reset – some of them trace back to a factory Eddie Jordan built in 1991
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
High-speed Silverstone is an Formula 1 favourite, but this year’s British Grand Prix will see cars slowing on the straights as they run out of electrical energy. What does that mean for the race?
British GP briefing
As F1’s title fight tightens, Silverstone’s unique demands threaten to scramble the order further in what might turn out to be an atypical British GP
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2026 British Grand Prix
Two controversies involving George Russell and Mercedes, one technical and one sporting, didn’t expose flaws in Formula 1’s rules, but how quickly reason is lost in the noise of reaction, Mark Hughes argues
Mercedes’ teenage sensation Kimi Antonelli has the advantage in this year’s F1 title race, but former team boss Claire WIlliams believes that George Russell’s experience will give him the edge by the end of the season
F1 flashback: 1926 grands prix
As the British Grand Prix celebrates its centenary, Matt Bishop recounts another GP held 100 years ago, which failed to deliver much excitement, but featured an extraordinary array of characters
The Austrian GP was the result Red Bull needed, but is it enough to start convincing Max Verstappen to stay around?
Fast enough to build an unassailable lead, Lando Norris was too quick to catch the VSC pit window. And so his flawless F1 Madring weekend ended cruelly, as even the winner acknowledged, Mark Hughes says
With a brand new surface and a tyre-punishing banked Turn 12, Madrid’s inaugural Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix weekend could reshuffle the Mercedes-McLaren-Ferrari pecking order once again, writes Mark Hughes
A perfectly executed tow gave Pierre Gasly pole at Monza, but behind it lay a familiar F1 story of team-mate distrust, which is sometimes justified, as Mark Hughes explains
Two consecutive victories from pole for McLaren’s Lando Norris to bring him within 83 points of Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead with half the season still to go had Mercedes’ Toto…
The Dutch Grand Prix was an exciting way to kick off the second half of the season after the summer break. Following on from Lando Norris’s dominant victory in Budapest…
Monaco Lewis Hamilton Many had written off Lewis Hamilton in F1 – too long in the tooth at 41, a poor fit with Ferrari, the rise of rivals, and so…
Madring’s banked showpiece was built to be photographed and talked about, but how big is the challenge around it?
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
From Antonelli’s “impossible” Monza victory to the paranoia gripping Ferrari and McLaren’s driver pairings, this week’s biggest Formula 1 questions answered
As Formula 1 arrives at Madring for the first time, Max Verstappen has highlighted two key worries. Will they come true?
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