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As Formula 1 bids farewell to Zandvoort, Matt Bishop revisits a boozy Imola dinner from 2001 and reopens an old argument: was Gilles Villeneuve’s legendary two-wheeled lap really the greatest drive the circuit ever saw?
At Zandvoort, Mercedes showed how decisive team orders should look. Ferrari showed, again, what happens without them
A mid-weekend rebalancing act turned McLaren’s tyre-eating sprint car into a Sunday winner in the hands of Lando Norris, as Mark Hughes explains
From farm to Formula 1: Jeremy Clarkson has suggested that some of this year’s Diddly Squat harvest could end up as components on grand prix cars
It’s always tough to step into a grand prix car at short notice, here are just a few of the occasions that replacement Formula 1 drivers have had limited time to make their mark
With one practice session and a 0.3sec target, Mark Hughes asks if his Dutch GP outing could be Lawson’s redemption or merely a convenient stopgap for Red Bull
Lawson is back in Red Bull colours at Zandvoort, but with Verstappen’s seat locked down until 2030 and Hadjar’s own looking secure, one good weekend won’t change much for his future
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
The 2026 Formula 1 field ranked after the first half of the season. One driver stands above the rest
Standing in for Hadjar at Zandvoort, Lawson made a strong case for himself with a very solid weekend. Now Red Bull will need to make some difficult decisions, writes Mark Hughes
As Formula 1 bids farewell to Zandvoort, Matt Bishop revisits a boozy Imola dinner from 2001 and reopens an old argument: was Gilles Villeneuve’s legendary two-wheeled lap really the greatest drive the circuit ever saw?
At Zandvoort, Mercedes showed how decisive team orders should look. Ferrari showed, again, what happens without them
A mid-weekend rebalancing act turned McLaren’s tyre-eating sprint car into a Sunday winner in the hands of Lando Norris, as Mark Hughes explains
From farm to Formula 1: Jeremy Clarkson has suggested that some of this year’s Diddly Squat harvest could end up as components on grand prix cars
It’s always tough to step into a grand prix car at short notice, here are just a few of the occasions that replacement Formula 1 drivers have had limited time to make their mark
With one practice session and a 0.3sec target, Mark Hughes asks if his Dutch GP outing could be Lawson’s redemption or merely a convenient stopgap for Red Bull
Lawson is back in Red Bull colours at Zandvoort, but with Verstappen’s seat locked down until 2030 and Hadjar’s own looking secure, one good weekend won’t change much for his future
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
The 2026 Formula 1 field ranked after the first half of the season. One driver stands above the rest
Lando Norris’s soaring confidence and an improved McLaren mean we’re witnessing a Formula 1 driver at his outer limits, Mark Hughes argues
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
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…
There’s no version of the VSC rule that’s fair to everyone, and the Spanish GP just proved it again
The 2027 Formula 1 season will include ten sprint races, including a Monaco round: here’s what it means for next year
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Lando Norris’s Madring masterclass — and why Formula 1 fans need to recalibrate how good he really is
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