MPH: F1’s new dark arts – why teams can’t work out their own cars
The F1 performance advantage in the modern ground effect era changes from week to week – but no team can truly work out why, writes Mark Hughes
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Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 career looks to be at an end with the news that he will be replaced immediately at RB, just over a year after returning to the…
Back in 1996 I stood with John Surtees above the Albert Park pits in Melbourne, watching the Australian Grand Prix, freshly relocated from Adelaide. We were gawping up at a…
Ferrari was ‘scratching’ in Singapore as it gambled on a late qualifying run to beat the faster McLarens. But while it ended disastrously, there was nothing wrong with its approach, writes Mark Hughes — as Mercedes showed in 2019
This column is about Formula 1 accidents – and specifically the now de rigueur kneejerk reaction among TV commentators, pundits, journalists, and fans to seek always to apportion blame to…
The charismatic F1 and Le Mans driver Rupert Keegan has died at the age of 69. Andrew Marriott recalls a serious racer who also revelled in having “a great time”
“I tried to become world champion,” said an emotional Daniel Ricciardo after what’s likely to be his last F1 race. ” Some achieve it, some don’t”. Adam Cooper reports on where it all went wrong for the 8-time GP winner
FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem again gets worked up about an F1 non-issue, but now drivers are angrier than ever – it all felt quite familiar at the 2024 Singapore GP
F1’s politics in Singapore were more febrile than the race: Chris Medland reports from a Marina Bay paddock awash with rumours over Daniel Ricciardo’s future and grumbles over his help for Red Bull. Plus: behind the scenes at Haas
The F1 performance advantage in the modern ground effect era changes from week to week – but no team can truly work out why, writes Mark Hughes
Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 career looks to be at an end with the news that he will be replaced immediately at RB, just over a year after returning to the…
Back in 1996 I stood with John Surtees above the Albert Park pits in Melbourne, watching the Australian Grand Prix, freshly relocated from Adelaide. We were gawping up at a…
Ferrari was ‘scratching’ in Singapore as it gambled on a late qualifying run to beat the faster McLarens. But while it ended disastrously, there was nothing wrong with its approach, writes Mark Hughes — as Mercedes showed in 2019
This column is about Formula 1 accidents – and specifically the now de rigueur kneejerk reaction among TV commentators, pundits, journalists, and fans to seek always to apportion blame to…
The charismatic F1 and Le Mans driver Rupert Keegan has died at the age of 69. Andrew Marriott recalls a serious racer who also revelled in having “a great time”
“I tried to become world champion,” said an emotional Daniel Ricciardo after what’s likely to be his last F1 race. ” Some achieve it, some don’t”. Adam Cooper reports on where it all went wrong for the 8-time GP winner
FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem again gets worked up about an F1 non-issue, but now drivers are angrier than ever – it all felt quite familiar at the 2024 Singapore GP
F1’s politics in Singapore were more febrile than the race: Chris Medland reports from a Marina Bay paddock awash with rumours over Daniel Ricciardo’s future and grumbles over his help for Red Bull. Plus: behind the scenes at Haas
Outperformed in Miami, George Russell fell further behind his teenage team-mate Kimi Antonelli in the F1 title race. It makes the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix vital for his championship hopes, says Mark Hughes, even though there’s a long season ahead
With the leading Formula 1 cars closely matched on pace, the 2026 Miami Grand Prix delivered an exciting race where driver pace and team strategy made the difference. But why the big gap between front-running team-mates?
The F1 season resumes in Miami this weekend with an even more complex set of rules. It’s a welcome attempt to improve the racing, but just goes to show that the fundamental problems remain unsolved. Mark Hughes explains
October 7, 2016 Suzuka, Japan By Round 17, Nico Rosberg led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 23 points. Here’s Rosberg in practice dramatically demonstrating the concept of lateral load transfer.…
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
Four races into a new era that took years and hundreds of millions of pounds of power unit development, Formula 1 is already talking about the next one with V8 engines at its core
An ageing champion, an ugly Brabham, and a revolutionary gas-turbine Lotus conspired to produce one of motor sport’s most enchanting afternoons at the 1971 International Trophy, as Matt Bishop recounts
After three grand prix wins from three poles, Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff is struggling to contain expectations about Kimi Antonelli
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