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Good month, bad month – June 2024
GOOD Old bull rides again Alonso’s regular heroics for Aramco Martin have been rewarded with a bumper contract extension – someone has to get the points for Team Silverstone. Liberating…
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Flashback: Dallara F1 drivers De Cesaris and Caffi on the Monaco pitwall
There’s every chance that the forthcoming Monaco Grand Prix will induce familiar complaints about overtaking. Of all the previous outbursts of indignation created by the narrow track, few can equal…
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Oscar Piastri: F1’s new ice man
Oscar Piastri is the cool, calm centre of the Formula 1 universe. The Australian meets triumph, disaster and everything between with a laconic deadpan, casting him as the natural heir…
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There’s just no stopping Max Verstappen — 2024 Japanese & Chinese GP F1 reports
As the Max Verstappen/Red Bull steamroller of the world championship continues, the intrigue is all about what is going on behind. Behind Verstappen on track and behind the scenes at…
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Karun Chandhok: “Alonso is still fit enough to deliver at the top level”
We’ve had two grands prix since my last column, including the first Sprint race weekend in China. As you may have read last month, I focused on Carlos Sainz and…
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Mark Hughes: The complications facing F1 as it draws up new 2026 regulations
We are getting a clearer picture of the 2026 Formula now that some tweaks have been made to the published technical regulations. Essentially this is a rejigging of the current…
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Ted Toleman obituary: the man who gave Senna his F1 break
From hopeless backmarker to potent Formula 1 giant-killer, the Toleman team gave a host of key personalities their F1 break between 1981 and ’85, including drivers Derek Warwick, Teo Fabi…
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MPH: End of the Brawn and Newey era? The designers more significant than any recent F1 driver
In the last three decades, almost every F1 champion has owed part of their success to Ross Brawn or Adrian Newey, who looks set to leave Red Bull. In that way, they’ve had a greater impact on GP racing than any driver during that time, says Mark Hughes
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1 corner, 6 years apart: How Chinese GP exposed shift in Hamilton – Verstappen dynamic
An impatient Max Verstappen was forced off track in his rash bid to pass Lewis Hamilton at the 2018 Chinese GP. Last weekend, in the same situation, at the same corner, he bided his time. Mark Hughes examines the shifting statures of the two champions
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Good month, bad month – June 2024
GOOD Old bull rides again Alonso’s regular heroics for Aramco Martin have been rewarded with a bumper contract extension – someone has to get the points for Team Silverstone. Liberating…
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Flashback: Dallara F1 drivers De Cesaris and Caffi on the Monaco pitwall
There’s every chance that the forthcoming Monaco Grand Prix will induce familiar complaints about overtaking. Of all the previous outbursts of indignation created by the narrow track, few can equal…
Archive
Oscar Piastri: F1’s new ice man
Oscar Piastri is the cool, calm centre of the Formula 1 universe. The Australian meets triumph, disaster and everything between with a laconic deadpan, casting him as the natural heir…
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There’s just no stopping Max Verstappen — 2024 Japanese & Chinese GP F1 reports
As the Max Verstappen/Red Bull steamroller of the world championship continues, the intrigue is all about what is going on behind. Behind Verstappen on track and behind the scenes at…
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Karun Chandhok: “Alonso is still fit enough to deliver at the top level”
We’ve had two grands prix since my last column, including the first Sprint race weekend in China. As you may have read last month, I focused on Carlos Sainz and…
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Mark Hughes: The complications facing F1 as it draws up new 2026 regulations
We are getting a clearer picture of the 2026 Formula now that some tweaks have been made to the published technical regulations. Essentially this is a rejigging of the current…
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Ted Toleman obituary: the man who gave Senna his F1 break
From hopeless backmarker to potent Formula 1 giant-killer, the Toleman team gave a host of key personalities their F1 break between 1981 and ’85, including drivers Derek Warwick, Teo Fabi…
F1
MPH: End of the Brawn and Newey era? The designers more significant than any recent F1 driver
In the last three decades, almost every F1 champion has owed part of their success to Ross Brawn or Adrian Newey, who looks set to leave Red Bull. In that way, they’ve had a greater impact on GP racing than any driver during that time, says Mark Hughes
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1 corner, 6 years apart: How Chinese GP exposed shift in Hamilton – Verstappen dynamic
An impatient Max Verstappen was forced off track in his rash bid to pass Lewis Hamilton at the 2018 Chinese GP. Last weekend, in the same situation, at the same corner, he bided his time. Mark Hughes examines the shifting statures of the two champions
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Adrian Newey’s new role… we didn’t see this coming!
Adrian Newey a team boss? That really was not on anyone’s bingo card. Ever. But it came to pass on the eve of the Qatar Grand Prix as Aston Martin…
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MPH: 2025 F1 grid was the closest in years, but why?
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
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MPH: Assessing F1’s rookie class of 2025 – the Mark Hughes verdict
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
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Jamie Chadwick shines at the Silverstone 4 Hours
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
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Portrait of a season: photos that capture an intense 2025 F1 championship
F1 final standings Who finished where in the final points… No. Driver Team Points 1 Lando Norris McLaren 423 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 421 3 Oscar Piastri McLaren 410…
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Mark Hughes: My top 10 F1 drivers of 2025
10. Pierre Gasly He never gave anything less than his all in an outclassed, underpowered car. But Pierre Gasly’s fast corner prowess combined with the Alpine ’s good high-speed downforce…
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Gen Z vs generational talent: how title battle between Lando Norris and Max Verstappen split F1 tribes
Mark Hughes – This year was Mark’s last full season of day-to-day Formula 1 race reporting after 30 years of following the F1 circus The surface colours of the season constantly…
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