Mark Hughes

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Mark Hughes: Antonelli's F1 debut is a world apart from Hamilton's

Very highly-rated rookie straight into top team - Kimi Antonelli at Mercedes in 2025 feels a lot like Lewis Hamilton at McLaren in 2007. But Hamilton was much better prepared

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Mark Hughes: F1's top four teams incredibly close at Monza

Mark Hughes reckons the top four teams in Formula 1 have been brought closer on long runs at Monza to an unprecedented level. He unpicks the nuances of analysing the stints in practice to paint a picture of the order

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Ferrari package + more: Every F1 team's Italian GP upgrades

Among the many Monza-specific solutions F1 teams are running for the low-drag demands of the Italian GP circuit, Ferrari has other significant development parts. Mark Hughes runs through every team's updates

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Mark Hughes: The Red Bull weaknesses McLaren exploited

What was behind Lando Norris's demolition of Max Verstappen in the Dutch GP? Was it McLaren's upgrade and its more efficient rear wing? The MCL38's wider set-up sweet spot? Or Red Bull being spooked by McLaren and loading its car up with wing? A bit of all three, turns out - as Mark Hughes explains

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Mark Hughes: Where Norris's Verstappen-thrashing lap came from

In the context of a close fight out front and Zandvoort being a very short lap, Lando Norris pulled out a thrashing in the upgraded McLaren in Dutch GP qualifying. Mark Hughes explains what made it possible...

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How worried should Verstappen fans be? Mark Hughes' Friday verdict

Who's really in best shape out of McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull after practice day for Max Verstappen's home race? Mark Hughes gives his take on the times and drivers' feelings

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Every F1 team's Dutch Grand Prix upgrade

Two midfield Formula 1 teams have notable new packages at the Dutch Grand Prix and the championship rivals bring a specification switch and a floor upgrade respectively

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Mark Hughes: What made Russell a doomed outlier in Belgian GP

George Russell was the only frontrunner to commit to a one stop strategy in the Belgian GP. That led to his stunning race - and potentially his post-race downfall as Mark Hughes explains

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Mark Hughes: What Verstappen's toughest Spa comeback hinges on

He's done it before. But Max Verstappen's task of coming back at the Belgian Grand Prix is much tougher than the previous two years. Mark Hughes explains what his victory chances hinge on...

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Mark Hughes: McLaren following Verstappen is key to early Spa edge

The usual Spa downforce dilemma is particularly acute this year as it plays out between the very closely matched Red Bull and McLaren cars. Mark Hughes explains how that's shaping up after Friday at the Belgian GP...

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Mercedes floor upgrade and more: Belgian GP F1 tech

How best to balance the set-up trade-off that the Spa circuit places on F1 teams? Mark Hughes takes you through all the new tech on show at the Belgian GP

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Mark Hughes on Binotto's chances of sorting Audi's F1 bid

What does Audi have in its new Formula 1 leadership signing Mattia Binotto? What has Binotto taken on? Mark Hughes gives his take

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Mark Hughes: Four ways Norris tried to make McLaren let him win

McLaren was playing safe with its Hungarian GP strategy. But playing safe can be a dangerous thing to do when you're dealing with F1 drivers. Mark Hughes dissects how those fraught closing stages of the race played out at McLaren

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Mark Hughes: McLaren proved where it still has the edge over Red Bull

Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying day swung away from Max Verstappen and towards McLaren. Mark Hughes explains why

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Mark Hughes: Verstappen's upgrade verdict has ominous undertone

Red Bull's new bodywork has been designed to address a conflict of demands this generation of F1 car is particularly prone to, and the Hungarian GP is the perfect place to do it. Based on some concise Max Verstappen feedback, Mark Hughes reckons Red Bull's rivals might be up against it

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Four F1 teams bring crucial upgrades for Hungarian GP

Several Formula 1 teams have brought what they hope will be very significant upgrades to the Hungarian Grand Prix, including changes that could be season-changing for some squads if they solve the problems they’re designed to

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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.