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Race report A shift to the Americas further strengthened Red Bull’s stranglehold Word on the beat Max’s global-trotting diary, talk of the 2026 F1 regs and gardening leave at Mercedes…
You can’t help but feel that Alfa Romeo-badged Sauber is treading water until the team becomes Audi in 2026. But that’s not the case for Valtteri Bottas. He seems to…
Good Month Incredible Sulk Verstappen was delightfully off-message in Vegas, calling it “99% a show”. And this after winning the F1 world title. You wouldn’t like him when he’s actually…
Although the red flags for the Kevin Magnussen crash in Mexico neutralised it, there was potentially a fascinating strategy battle unfolding between two-stopping Max Verstappen and one-stopping Charles Leclerc. The…
The very first session on the new Las Vegas track lasted just nine minutes before it came grinding to a halt, not to be restarted. Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari had pulled…
Current thinking regarding the 2026 F1 regulations is for a 20cm reduction in wheelbase, a 10cm narrower track and a lessening in wheel-rim diameter from 18in to 16in. This is…
Mexico City GP São Paulo GP Las Vegas GP Mexico City GP Even as the season closed into its last few races, talk about whether Sergio Pérez would retain…
I have long maintained that 5.2sec is the perfect 0-60mph time. Brief enough to be exciting, long enough to be savoured, for there is unquestionably a trade-off between the intensity…
Dakar Rally, Saudi Arabia, January 5-19 The defending winners shocked the rally world by switching allegiance for this year’s Dakar. Nasser Al-Attiyah and co-driver Mathieu Baumel will leave Toyota after…
Race report A shift to the Americas further strengthened Red Bull’s stranglehold Word on the beat Max’s global-trotting diary, talk of the 2026 F1 regs and gardening leave at Mercedes…
You can’t help but feel that Alfa Romeo-badged Sauber is treading water until the team becomes Audi in 2026. But that’s not the case for Valtteri Bottas. He seems to…
Good Month Incredible Sulk Verstappen was delightfully off-message in Vegas, calling it “99% a show”. And this after winning the F1 world title. You wouldn’t like him when he’s actually…
Although the red flags for the Kevin Magnussen crash in Mexico neutralised it, there was potentially a fascinating strategy battle unfolding between two-stopping Max Verstappen and one-stopping Charles Leclerc. The…
The very first session on the new Las Vegas track lasted just nine minutes before it came grinding to a halt, not to be restarted. Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari had pulled…
Current thinking regarding the 2026 F1 regulations is for a 20cm reduction in wheelbase, a 10cm narrower track and a lessening in wheel-rim diameter from 18in to 16in. This is…
Mexico City GP São Paulo GP Las Vegas GP Mexico City GP Even as the season closed into its last few races, talk about whether Sergio Pérez would retain…
I have long maintained that 5.2sec is the perfect 0-60mph time. Brief enough to be exciting, long enough to be savoured, for there is unquestionably a trade-off between the intensity…
Mark Hughes analyses the finely poised strategic battle that underpinned Lewis Hamilton’s landmark first Ferrari victory in Barcelona
Mark Hughes examines why Barcelona’s high-energy demands could be the perfect antidote to Russell’s Monaco misery, and why Leclerc’s brake woes are harder to solve than they appear
As Brembo pushes back against Leclerc’s public criticism, Mark Hughes traces the rift back to the moment Hamilton walked through Ferrari’s door
With apologies to David Byrne and Talking Heads: And you may find yourself Watching someone lift and coast And you may find yourself Watching cars slowly decelerate down the straights…
May 24, 2026 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana It was a photo finish in the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 after a one-lap shootout at the close. Mick Schumacher’s…
From Antonelli’s shutdown in Barcelona to McLaren’s double DNS in China, Mercedes’ power unit-related failures are threatening to compromise its and its customer teams’ season
Pierre Gasly has his Monaco podium back, for now. But the measurement failure might need more answers before the issue is settled
F1 has agreed a phased rebalancing of the 2026 power unit framework, but the two-year road to 60/40 raises as many questions as it answers
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