Kevin Magnussen: Robust, ruthless and uncompromising
Kevin Magnussen is a divisive figure on the F1 grid – but he makes for a formidable opponent, reckons Mark Hughes Recently confirmed at Haas for a third season, Kevin Magnussen…
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On this day in motor sport, from the database October 12 1906 Grand Prix veteran, team manager and respected author Piero Taruffi is born. The son of a wealthy surgeon,…
Mark Hughes assesses the fortunes of George Russell and Williams F1 George Russell’s confirmation at Williams in a ‘multi-year agreement’ starting 2019 is a terrific feel-good story around a team…
Briton George Russell to step up from F2 to Williams F1 in 2019 Mercedes junior and Formula 2 leader George Russell will drive for the Williams Formula 1 team in 2019. The…
Moss and Jenks exchanged knowing glances across the cockpit of their Mercedes-Benz 300SLR as the car ahead of them weaved from verge to kerb and hurled tuffets of grass and…
Welcoming you to Estoril circuit is a large stone sculpture overlooking a small memorial to Ayrton Senna. Flowers are laid there weekly by passers-by – perhaps competitors, perhaps spectators who once…
As Mercedes skims the Formula 1 waterline like a hydroplane, Ferrari is drowning in it. Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas took another 1-2, untroubled aside from a tyre blister or…
The major racing milestones from the week ahead October 5 1922 José Froilán González is born in Arrecifes. The ‘Pampas Bull’ arrived in Europe in 1950 and qualified on the…
And does Mercedes have a trick up its sleeve? The raw numbers from the race-stint simulation runs of Friday afternoon paint a picture of continuing Mercedes domination. But there’s an…
Kevin Magnussen is a divisive figure on the F1 grid – but he makes for a formidable opponent, reckons Mark Hughes Recently confirmed at Haas for a third season, Kevin Magnussen…
On this day in motor sport, from the database October 12 1906 Grand Prix veteran, team manager and respected author Piero Taruffi is born. The son of a wealthy surgeon,…
Mark Hughes assesses the fortunes of George Russell and Williams F1 George Russell’s confirmation at Williams in a ‘multi-year agreement’ starting 2019 is a terrific feel-good story around a team…
Briton George Russell to step up from F2 to Williams F1 in 2019 Mercedes junior and Formula 2 leader George Russell will drive for the Williams Formula 1 team in 2019. The…
Moss and Jenks exchanged knowing glances across the cockpit of their Mercedes-Benz 300SLR as the car ahead of them weaved from verge to kerb and hurled tuffets of grass and…
Welcoming you to Estoril circuit is a large stone sculpture overlooking a small memorial to Ayrton Senna. Flowers are laid there weekly by passers-by – perhaps competitors, perhaps spectators who once…
As Mercedes skims the Formula 1 waterline like a hydroplane, Ferrari is drowning in it. Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas took another 1-2, untroubled aside from a tyre blister or…
The major racing milestones from the week ahead October 5 1922 José Froilán González is born in Arrecifes. The ‘Pampas Bull’ arrived in Europe in 1950 and qualified on the…
And does Mercedes have a trick up its sleeve? The raw numbers from the race-stint simulation runs of Friday afternoon paint a picture of continuing Mercedes domination. But there’s an…
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
As Max Verstappen threatens to walk away from the sport, he would not be the first champion to leave before his time was up
There is a word for what happens when platforms stop serving the people who made them great. Should Formula 1 learn it?
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Leading the world championship aged 19, Kimi Antonelli has proved he has the pace to win the title — and this could be his best shot. Plus: how GPs could be shortened over safety fears, and why Max Verstappen is serious in threatening to quit
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