Mark Hughes

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Mark Hughes explains Red Bull's major F1 bodywork changes

Red Bull has arrived at the Hungarian Grand prix with an extensive reworking of its car’s sidepod and engine cover bodywork as part of a new 'mix and match' plan to solve a problem all teams are hitting

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Mark Hughes: The McLaren errors that cost it a near certain 1-2

If McLaren had made all the right calls it would almost certainly have been a 1-2 at the British Grand Prix. Mark Hughes explains how it slipped away from the team and into Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton's hands...

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Mark Hughes: McLaren/Red Bull games opened the door for Mercedes

So clearly have McLaren and Red Bull been the two form teams in F1 of late, that they've been reacting to each other on set-up at the British GP. Mark Hughes explains how that fits into both teams being beaten by Mercedes in qualifying at Silverstone

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Norris or Verstappen? Mark Hughes on brewing British GP rematch

One week on from their clash in the closing stages of the Austrian GP, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris appear on course for another head-to-head at Silverstone. Mark Hughes looks at how it's shaping after Friday practice

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New wings, halo tweaks + a major upgrade: British GP F1 tech

The British GP remains one of the most important races on the F1 calendar, both for its historical significance and because of the demands of the Silverstone circuit. Mark Hughes runs through the new parts teams have brought to cope with those - including a major upgrade for one outfit

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Mark Hughes on the extraordinary leader Aston Martin's just hired

Aston Martin's new group CEO Andy Cowell is an astonishing combination of gifted engineer and inspirational leader, says Mark Hughes

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Mark Hughes: This was Norris's moment to stand up to Verstappen

This was coming - there was too much pride at stake for F1's champion-versus-challenger Austrian GP clash not to be inevitable. Mark Hughes explains why Lando Norris had to stand up to an uncompromising Max Verstappen

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Mark Hughes: How Verstappen made strides while rivals stood still

Conditions dictated that times shouldn't really have been quicker in Austrian GP qualifying than they were in Friday's sprint session - yet Max Verstappen found a huge chunk from Friday to Saturday. Mark Hughes explains what's behind that

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Mark Hughes: How Red Bull's using DRS to regain its edge

Three factors - including Red Bull's more efficient DRS - are making for a slightly more comfortable weekend than Red Bull have had in recent weekends, as Mark Hughes explains...

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Mark Hughes: How McLaren and Red Bull really compared in Spain

Max Verstappen probably shouldn't have won the Spanish Grand Prix given McLaren's pace. Mark Hughes looks at how closely matched the two cars were at Barcelona and the biggest reasons McLaren still lost

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Mark Hughes: How Red Bull opened the door to a Norris upset

Red Bull's overcompensation at the Spanish Grand Prix opened the door for Lando Norris and McLaren to nick pole position - with a Norris improvement playing its role too

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Mark Hughes: Why Red Bull's dominance hasn't returned at Barcelona

The Spanish Grand Prix was expected to restore Red Bull's F1 supremacy - but Barcelona, too, is limiting the increasingly vulnerable RB20

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Red Bull and Ferrari debut major F1 upgrades at Spanish GP

Red Bull and Ferrari have both brought significant F1 upgrade packages to Barcelona, as Mark Hughes explains

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Mark Hughes: Norris lost a Canadian GP he should have won

Lando Norris and McLaren should have won the Canadian Grand Prix. Mark Hughes explains where it went so wrong

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Mark Hughes: Why Mercedes is F1's fastest car in Canada

Time will tell if Mercedes is definitively back in contention, but make no mistake about it: it's realistically the fastest F1 car at the Canadian GP. Mark Hughes looks at why that's the case - as well as comparing how George Russell and Max Verstappen achieved their identical laps

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Mark Hughes: Why a shock Canadian GP result is so likely

How the new Montreal track surface and the mixed weather combined in Friday practice showed the Canadian Grand Prix has high potential for surprises and controversy

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Mark Hughes: The theories behind Hamilton's qualifying defeats

Much has been made of George Russell being 7-1 up in qualifying against Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes this season - but how much of an edge has Russell actually had, and why?

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Mark Hughes: Why Monaco GP became an F2-pace stalemate

The Monaco Grand Prix produced a highly unusual-for-2024 Formula 1 result, but a very tepid race to get there. Mark Hughes explains why it became as cagey as it did

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Mark Hughes: The incurable Red Bull issue exposed by Monaco

Once a Red Bull stronghold in its otherwise-fallow early days of F1's hybrid era, Monaco is unfriendly to its newer cars - because of a fundamental limitation.

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Mark Hughes: Is Ferrari already untouchable in Monaco?

The Red Bull drivers are all doom and gloom about their chances of taking on Ferrari in Monaco - but are they right to be? And how does McLaren fit into the picture?

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How F1 teams have optimised their 2024 cars for Monaco

Mark Hughes guides you through what each Formula 1 team has done to its 2024 car to optimise its performance for Monaco's unique demands - and some are clearly eyeing season-long gains too

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Verstappen's F1 advice to Antonelli - and Mark Hughes' take on it

Max Verstappen is one of the few people with an inkling of what presumptive Mercedes F1 2025 signing Kimi Antonelli is going through.

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Mark Hughes: The final Imola weakness that almost undid Red Bull

Red Bull was forced to dig properly deep to engineer itself of no-man's land on Friday at Imola - but that work was almost undone in the closing stages of the Emilia Romagna GP as Lando Norris threatened to snatch victory from Max Verstappen

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Mark Hughes: The three drivers crucial to Verstappen's bounceback

Max Verstappen was phenomenal en route to his Imola F1 pole - but a pair of his driver friends helped a lot. One of them is at Haas, and the other isn't racing this weekend.

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Mark Hughes: The real Imola favourite amid Red Bull's struggles

Max Verstappen and Red Bull had a genuinely troubled Friday at Imola. And despite the headline times looking good for Ferrari, it's McLaren with most reason for confidence

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Imola F1 tech: Extensive Ferrari changes + other major upgrades

F1 teams have headed to the first European round of the 2024 season armed with a host of upgrades for the Emilia Romagna GP. Mark Hughes runs through the pick of the new parts being introduced at Imola

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Mark Hughes: Where Norris + McLaren's devastating pace came from

Lando Norris needed a few variables to come into play in the Miami GP, but once they fell his way he applied a vice-like grip to claim his first F1 win. Mark Hughes looks at why the upgraded McLaren swung back into its window to give Norris an edge Max Verstappen called "insane"

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Mark Hughes: The Miami paradox unsettling even Verstappen

The harder Formula 1 drivers pushed in Miami qualifying sessions, the slower they seemed to go. Mark Hughes explains what's going on

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Mark Hughes: Why Norris's pole pace completely disappeared

Lando Norris in the heavily-upgraded McLaren in Miami Grand Prix sprint qualifying: P1 in SQ1. P1 in SQ2. P9 when it mattered in SQ3. Why?

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Big packages for McLaren and Mercedes among Miami F1 upgrades

The Miami Grand Prix marks the end of the first quarter of the 2024 Formula 1 season, and it's here where McLaren and Mercedes have decided to bring their most significant upgrades yet.

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Ferrari pushing hard for Newey with early 2025 move possible

Ferrari is understood to be working hard to secure the services of Adrian Newey for when the outgoing Red Bull F1 technical chief becomes available in early 2025

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Mark Hughes: Who's really behind Red Bull's dominant F1 cars?

As Adrian Newey's departure from Red Bull has come into view, so too has the question of how involved he's been in the generation of cars that have dominated F1's current ground effect era. Mark Hughes explains why that's a simplistic question without a black and white answer

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Mark Hughes: Newey's Red Bull decision is purely personal

Red Bull is a team that is still being shaken to its foundations more than 18 months on from Dietrich Mateschitz's passing. Just how destabilising, then, would it be if it lost F1's greatest technical mind? Mark Hughes considers that amid speculation of Adrian Newey's desire to leave

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Newey to leave Red Bull? Shock exit talk explained

Formula 1 design legend Adrian Newey could depart Red Bull with speculation rife he wants to leave and potentially make a sensational move to a rival team

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Mark Hughes: Superb Norris stunned Ferrari - and McLaren

Max Verstappen's Chinese Grand Prix dominance proved no surprise, but who followed him - via a superbly managed race - certainly was. Mark Hughes explains why and what made the difference

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Mark Hughes: What keeps skewing F1 pecking order in China

Behind the Red Bull front row, the Chinese Grand Prix grid order is slightly unusual. Mark Hughes explains why

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Mark Hughes: What's behind McLaren's outstanding China F1 pace

But for an issue on Oscar Piastri's car, McLaren may well have ended up with a 1-2 in qualifying for the Chinese GP sprint race. As it happened, it was still 1.3s faster than the next-best thing around a wet Shanghai F1 track. Mark Hughes explains where that advantage has come from

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Two major packages among F1 teams' Chinese GP upgrades

Two midfield Formula 1 teams have significant upgrade packages for this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, while three others have adjustments around the cockpit area

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Ted Toleman obituary - Mark Hughes on Ayrton Senna's first F1 boss

The story of Ted Toleman, the petrol-headed businessman turned Senna's first F1 team boss, powerboat racer, Le Mans entrant and Dakar Rally competitor who has passed away aged 86

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Mark Hughes: Suzuka's overshadowed F1 thriller explained

Everything in the Japanese GP was secondary to Max Verstappen's dominance - but those secondary parts were both intricate and enthralling