2017 Bahrain Grand Prix report
Mark Hughes reports from Bahrain The contest rages on and for the third time in three races it was close enough between the red and the silvers that only outside…
Mark Hughes reports from Shanghai and the second Grand Prix of 2017 The second 2017 instalment of Lewis Hamilton vs Sebastian Vettel turned on a random factor, just as at…
So we came to where the championship mathematics had put them after 20 races. Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton, and the maths said the only way the latter could take…
Lewis Hamilton calmly dominates in the Interlagos rain, Max Verstappen stars and Nico Rosberg edges closer to the title Ooh, this was raw, gladiatorial stuff, an old-school high-risk track and hard…
The Grand Prix report from Mark Hughes, as controvesy hits the Mexican Grand Prix late on Max Verstappen and his on-the-edge judgement of braking distances, tyre grip and etiquette shaped…
Mark Hughes's comprehensive take on the United States Grand Prix, as Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg cover off what is needed Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg each did what they…
Mark Hughes on Nico Rosberg's controlled win, and team-mate Lewis Hamilton's continued woes Mercedes-Benz left Suzuka as world champion constructors. Its race-winning driver Nico Rosberg left there walking on the air cushion…
Mark Hughes's take on the dramatic Malaysian Grand Prix that saw Ricciardo score an overdue victory – and Mercedes run out of luck Daniel Ricciardo clowned, gurned and grinned, played to…
Singapore is always a glitzy and atmospheric event, a breathtaking spectacle of sliding cars between the night-time floodlit walls, 900 horsepower, degrading grip, rubber marbles waiting menacingly off line. But…
“Area under the curve, Nico,” was the congratulatory remark to Nico Rosberg from his race engineer on the Monza victory lap. And in that comment is: a) the encapsulation of…
Max Verstappen: he’s lighting up the sport like only a few have ever done. In the beguiling mix of audacity, youth, talent, a total disregard for reputations and the head-strength…
The national anthem had finished, the cars were in their grid places, the drivers walking towards them. Lewis Hamilton paused for a time as he reached his Mercedes and stared…
In the dazzling sunlight of a Budapest summer afternoon, it looked a closer fight than it really was. In his victory drive Lewis Hamilton several times gave the impression he…
“It’s been the best weekend of my year, by far,” said Lewis Hamilton after clinching his fourth British Grand Prix victory, his third in succession. “Everything was just perfect.” That…
Gloves off. Last lap. Old tensions and new ones. Why did they take me off my one-stop strategy when it was all going to plan? Why’s he on the faster…
Far from the crash-fest some were fearing, the inaugural Azerbaijan Grand Prix was remarkably routine. No safety cars, mainly single-stop strategies, a start-to-finish demonstration up front by Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes.…
Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari took off from the line way quicker than anyone expected, up from third into the lead within two seconds of the lights going out. But it came…