The master of the long game in 2012
Blimey, that was cagey. Monte Carlo is restrictive at the freest of times, but with the most talented Formula 1 grid since the 1960s resigned to playing the long game…
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Ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix Lewis and Jenson talk about racing in the Principality. We always thought it was only Stirling Moss who clocked beautiful women while he…
Last autumn I wrote a newsletter on the subject of Kimi Räikkönen, and his possible return to Formula 1, following two years of rallying with Citroën – a project which did…
It always amazes me when people outside the motor sport community take an interest in the sport. Maybe it’s because many of my friends couldn’t care less who won the…
Williams, rejoice, rejoice, won the Spanish Grand Prix. What a difference an engine makes. Or does it? Caterham, too, has the Renault engine and they are far from winning. In…
As with its first win, so with its 114th: Pastor Maldonado’s surprise ending of Williams’ long drought elicited the same reaction as Clay Regazzoni’s surprise opening of the floodgates all…
No one would have put money on five different winners, from five different teams, in the first five races of 2012. But that’s exactly what has happened after Pastor Maldonado…
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, having harried the victorious Lotus 72D of Emerson Fittipaldi in the closing stages of April 1972’s International Trophy at Silverstone, climbed wistfully from his BRM P160: had he…
The great John Le Carre (yes, I am biased, a huge fan of his novels) observed that a desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world. He…
Blimey, that was cagey. Monte Carlo is restrictive at the freest of times, but with the most talented Formula 1 grid since the 1960s resigned to playing the long game…
Ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix Lewis and Jenson talk about racing in the Principality. We always thought it was only Stirling Moss who clocked beautiful women while he…
Last autumn I wrote a newsletter on the subject of Kimi Räikkönen, and his possible return to Formula 1, following two years of rallying with Citroën – a project which did…
It always amazes me when people outside the motor sport community take an interest in the sport. Maybe it’s because many of my friends couldn’t care less who won the…
Williams, rejoice, rejoice, won the Spanish Grand Prix. What a difference an engine makes. Or does it? Caterham, too, has the Renault engine and they are far from winning. In…
As with its first win, so with its 114th: Pastor Maldonado’s surprise ending of Williams’ long drought elicited the same reaction as Clay Regazzoni’s surprise opening of the floodgates all…
No one would have put money on five different winners, from five different teams, in the first five races of 2012. But that’s exactly what has happened after Pastor Maldonado…
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, having harried the victorious Lotus 72D of Emerson Fittipaldi in the closing stages of April 1972’s International Trophy at Silverstone, climbed wistfully from his BRM P160: had he…
The great John Le Carre (yes, I am biased, a huge fan of his novels) observed that a desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world. He…
Mark Hughes asks whether F1’s insistence that the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix will go ahead can survive the realities of the Middle East conflict
Kimi Antonelli all but secured the Formula 1 title with a champion’s drive at the 2026 United States Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. Behind him, forlorn rivals failed to make their superior pace stick
Christian Horner details how he rebuilt Red Bull from the ashes of Jaguar, and hired F1’s greatest designer from under the noses of rivals in his new autobiography, Drive. Mark Hughes found it fascinating
August 5, 1973 Nürburgring, West Germany A busy scene in the Lotus garage at the 1973 German Grand Prix, Round 11 of 15 of the F1 World Championship. Drivers Emerson…
When it comes to sports car racing, it’s not just the American tracks that are markedly different from most of their international counterparts. The overall philosophy used by the FIA…
5. 2003: Solberg vs Loeb vs Sainz Subaru’s Norwegian star Petter Solberg, above – ‘Hollywood’ – lay a point adrift of Citroën pair Carlos Sainz and Sébastien Loeb going into…
As Formula 1 arrives in Mexico City, the stage is set for a weekend that could deliver not only Antonelli’s title, but also a long-awaited showdown
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2026 Mexican Grand Prix
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Has Kimi Antonelli finally broken George Russell? Why the gap between the Mercedes team-mates is becoming such a psychological challenge – and why Antonelli’s rise looks so special
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