Hockenheim’s forest straights: the circuit Formula 1 left behind
Hockenheim is another great circuit that no longer exists as many of us remember. It was one of the most frightening and dramatic places to go racing. There is still…
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You can’t overtake in Monaco. Scratch that. You can in unexpectedly cool conditions, in a series where there are mandatory pitstops for tyre changes, and in which tyre warmers are…
Barcelona June 12-14 Lewis Hamilton’s renaissance continues. He had not won a Formula 1 grand prix since the Belgian in July 2024; he’d not crossed the finish line in front…
The Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix was a fantastic weekend and definitely my most enjoyable of the Formula 1 season so far. Let’s be honest, we have had some utterly dull races…
Am I catching them?” radioed Lewis Hamilton on the 34th lap of the Barcelona Grand Prix as he chased down the two Mercedes. It was an excited question but laced…
As Mark Hughes has pointed out on Motor Sport’s podcasts and YouTube videos recently, the resurgence of Lewis Hamilton is not something that has happened overnight. Examination of the underlying…
George Russell closed the F1 title gap to 40 points with victory in the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix, but championship leader Kimi Antonelli remained the class of the field
Formula 1’s new mid-season ADUO engine exemption was built to help the strugglers close the gap. Its first ruling did something nobody predicted – and the upgrades are already on track
Mercedes’ Formula 1 cars will run without clever aerodynamic devices in Austria after being told to remove them. What did these innovative blisters do? And how much time did they bring?
Hockenheim is another great circuit that no longer exists as many of us remember. It was one of the most frightening and dramatic places to go racing. There is still…
You can’t overtake in Monaco. Scratch that. You can in unexpectedly cool conditions, in a series where there are mandatory pitstops for tyre changes, and in which tyre warmers are…
Barcelona June 12-14 Lewis Hamilton’s renaissance continues. He had not won a Formula 1 grand prix since the Belgian in July 2024; he’d not crossed the finish line in front…
The Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix was a fantastic weekend and definitely my most enjoyable of the Formula 1 season so far. Let’s be honest, we have had some utterly dull races…
Am I catching them?” radioed Lewis Hamilton on the 34th lap of the Barcelona Grand Prix as he chased down the two Mercedes. It was an excited question but laced…
As Mark Hughes has pointed out on Motor Sport’s podcasts and YouTube videos recently, the resurgence of Lewis Hamilton is not something that has happened overnight. Examination of the underlying…
George Russell closed the F1 title gap to 40 points with victory in the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix, but championship leader Kimi Antonelli remained the class of the field
Formula 1’s new mid-season ADUO engine exemption was built to help the strugglers close the gap. Its first ruling did something nobody predicted – and the upgrades are already on track
Mercedes’ Formula 1 cars will run without clever aerodynamic devices in Austria after being told to remove them. What did these innovative blisters do? And how much time did they bring?
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 promised spectacle and delivered a procession, as the new Spanish GP venue exposed just how little racing today’s Formula 1 cars and track designs actually allow
Formula 1 has a flag for almost every occasion, but what does each one mean? Here’s a full breakdown of the flags at a race marshal’s disposal
Madring’s banked showpiece was built to be photographed and talked about, but how big is the challenge around it?
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