Formula 1: good month, bad month — December 2022
Good Month Gasly goin’ up Pierre Gasly has finally been freed from his Red Bull shackles, earning an Alpine move that he truly merits. Aston on the up Lawrence Stroll…
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F1 Retro – March 1998 “I may be biased, but I think he would have become another Prost or Senna,” says Jo Ramirez, friend and mechanic of the mercurial Ricardo…
Max Verstappen is confident he can go on to record even more Formula 1 World Championship titles after completing the third-most dominant campaign in F1 history. Verstappen put this year’s…
Sky has extended its broadcasting deal with Formula 1 until the 2029 season, but F1 will retain free-to-air coverage next season after Channel 4 also reached a rights deal. Under…
Carlos Sainz’s nasty aquaplaning exit on the opening lap of the Japanese Grand Prix put in place a sequence of events which were scarily reminiscent of those which caused the…
All conventional tyre deg-dominated strategy went out the window with the rain-affected Singapore and Japanese grands prix. Getting the strategy right was all about when to switch from inters to…
For all that we are towards the end of the season, there is a cost cap in place and although wind tunnels are generally devoted now to the 2023 cars,…
I must admit, I didn’t expect to be the one who broke the news to Max Verstappen that he was a two-time Formula 1 world champion. While I prepared for…
The controversial end to the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship will live long in the memory, and the sport returns to Abu Dhabi almost a year since the course of…
Good Month Gasly goin’ up Pierre Gasly has finally been freed from his Red Bull shackles, earning an Alpine move that he truly merits. Aston on the up Lawrence Stroll…
F1 Retro – March 1998 “I may be biased, but I think he would have become another Prost or Senna,” says Jo Ramirez, friend and mechanic of the mercurial Ricardo…
Max Verstappen is confident he can go on to record even more Formula 1 World Championship titles after completing the third-most dominant campaign in F1 history. Verstappen put this year’s…
Sky has extended its broadcasting deal with Formula 1 until the 2029 season, but F1 will retain free-to-air coverage next season after Channel 4 also reached a rights deal. Under…
Carlos Sainz’s nasty aquaplaning exit on the opening lap of the Japanese Grand Prix put in place a sequence of events which were scarily reminiscent of those which caused the…
All conventional tyre deg-dominated strategy went out the window with the rain-affected Singapore and Japanese grands prix. Getting the strategy right was all about when to switch from inters to…
For all that we are towards the end of the season, there is a cost cap in place and although wind tunnels are generally devoted now to the 2023 cars,…
I must admit, I didn’t expect to be the one who broke the news to Max Verstappen that he was a two-time Formula 1 world champion. While I prepared for…
The controversial end to the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship will live long in the memory, and the sport returns to Abu Dhabi almost a year since the course of…
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…
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
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
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…
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
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
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…
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…
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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