The Bahrain decision: time to act
The Bahrain Grand Prix is back on the 2011 Formula 1 calendar – despite widespread opposition from the teams – following a decision that is likely to pull Grand Prix…
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This week I’m joined not only by Rob Widdows, but also Motor Sport’s editor Damien Smith. Not surprising really when there was such a dramatic Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis…
Do you remember where you were the day Ayrton Senna died? I bet you do. For motor racing fans, May 1 1994 is a ‘JFK moment’. Older readers vividly recall…
Nelson Piquet described driving a Grand Prix car in Monte Carlo as like trying to ride your bicycle around your living room. A victory on the streets of the Principality,…
Another week, another ‘week in motor sport’. Today I ask Rob what he thought about the Spanish Grand Prix and whether or not it was a great Grand Prix. We…
Rob Widdows and I sit down again to discuss the latest news from the world of motor sport. CVC may be selling the rights to Formula 1, Rupert Murdoch and…
Nigel Roebuck, Damien Smith, Rob Widdows and Ed Foster discuss the Formula 1 season so far – the DRS, the KERS, the Pirelli tyres and whether or not it’s proper…
Another dominant victory by Sebastian Vettel in Istanbul, but what does features editor Rob Widdows think about the Turkish Grand Prix? I also quiz him on the Spa 1000km race…
Another installment of the ‘week in motor sport’ series. In this episode, I talk to editor Damien Smith about the staff changes at Williams F1, the Le Mans test and…
The Bahrain Grand Prix is back on the 2011 Formula 1 calendar – despite widespread opposition from the teams – following a decision that is likely to pull Grand Prix…
This week I’m joined not only by Rob Widdows, but also Motor Sport’s editor Damien Smith. Not surprising really when there was such a dramatic Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis…
Do you remember where you were the day Ayrton Senna died? I bet you do. For motor racing fans, May 1 1994 is a ‘JFK moment’. Older readers vividly recall…
Nelson Piquet described driving a Grand Prix car in Monte Carlo as like trying to ride your bicycle around your living room. A victory on the streets of the Principality,…
Another week, another ‘week in motor sport’. Today I ask Rob what he thought about the Spanish Grand Prix and whether or not it was a great Grand Prix. We…
Rob Widdows and I sit down again to discuss the latest news from the world of motor sport. CVC may be selling the rights to Formula 1, Rupert Murdoch and…
Nigel Roebuck, Damien Smith, Rob Widdows and Ed Foster discuss the Formula 1 season so far – the DRS, the KERS, the Pirelli tyres and whether or not it’s proper…
Another dominant victory by Sebastian Vettel in Istanbul, but what does features editor Rob Widdows think about the Turkish Grand Prix? I also quiz him on the Spa 1000km race…
Another installment of the ‘week in motor sport’ series. In this episode, I talk to editor Damien Smith about the staff changes at Williams F1, the Le Mans test and…
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…
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
July 5, 1970 Clermont-Ferrand, France Smiles here, but the reigning Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart and Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson were embroiled in a bitter war of words…
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