Formula 1 Hungarian GP updates headlined by new Haas package Haas’s first and only major upgrade of the 2022 Formula 1 season takes the headlines at the Hungarian Grand Prix, though seven other teams have revised parts on show
Formula 1 Earnest, ruthless, ‘protected’, undermined: Who Vettel is to F1 Sebastian Vettel: a unique character whose impact on Formula 1 has been even greater than his statistics suggest. The four-time champion will excel at whatever he does next, writes Mark Hughes
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Leclerc was thwarted by root of Ferrari’s advantage Charles Leclerc’s French GP error understandably dominated the headlines after the race but was he on course for victory? Mark Hughes assesses those questions and more in his post-race analysis
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Key Red Bull/Ferrari contrast will decide French GP Contrasting approaches to the trade-off between downforce and tyre usage will define the French GP for the Red Bull/Ferrari duel
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Ferrari should be nervous about its French GP gamble Ferrari’s set-up choice at the French GP has given it a clear single-lap advantage but could leave it vulnerable in the race as we’ve seen previously in 2022
Formula 1 French GP upgrade list includes major McLaren revisions Major packages from McLaren and AlphaTauri headline a fairly packed list of upgrades disclosed by F1 teams ahead of the French GP
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Verstappen’s not treating Leclerc like Hamilton Max Verstappen denies it, but in his battles with his main adversary of the 2022 Formula 1 season – Charles Leclerc – his wheel-to-wheel style has been rather different to that we saw against Lewis Hamilton, his main adversary last year
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: The Ferrari sacrifice that made its car so potent Nobody joined Charles Leclerc in predicting a Ferrari win in Austria, yet that’s what happened. Mark Hughes examines whether a trade off put Ferrari in the frame, and how victory almost escaped it
Formula 1 Why Russell and Mercedes escaped penalty for wing spec change George Russell took fourth in the Austrian GP sprint race using a different specification of rear wing to that he used in qualifying, for which he and his Mercedes Formula 1 team did not receive a penalty
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: What’s making Mercedes crashes hard to explain? The fact both Mercedes were actually on the pace at a track where they weren’t expected to be made the fact both crashed in Austrian GP qualifying an even bigger story
Formula 1 Red Bull among four F1 teams to declare Austrian GP upgrades After eight of the 10 Formula 1 teams brought upgrade packages to the British Grand Prix, there’s only a quartet of declared updates in the latest ‘show and tell’ on the Friday ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix
Formula 1 Perez feels Red Bull F1 development is ‘going away from me’ Sergio Perez believes Red Bull’s development is “going away from” how comfortable he was with the RB18 in the early part of the 2022 Formula 1 season
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Sainz showed the weapon he has against Leclerc Ferrari had six seconds to make the decision that ultimately doomed Charles Leclerc’s British Grand Prix, and the information it was using was totally inaccurate. As that unfolded, Carlos Sainz fought his own corner – and won
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: The story behind Sainz’s out-of-nowhere pole Carlos Sainz could easily have been out of British Grand Prix qualifying in Q2. Or starting near the foot of the top 10. Instead, to his surprise, suddenly he appeared on pole. Mark Hughes explains how
Formula 1 How F1’s bouncing limit will work – and an overlooked detail A clearer picture is emerging of how Formula 1’s new limit on cars bouncing will work and be policed when they come into effect from the French Grand Prix, including an interpretation of the 2022 rules that won’t be permitted anymore. Mark Hughes explains
Formula 1 Aston Martin’s initial verdict on its last big 2022 F1 upgrade Aston Martin has taken an unusual approach to its 2022 Formula 1 development programme, but what it suggests will be its last big upgrade of the year has arrived
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Is Mercedes making it a three-way British GP fight? F1 has been waiting on Mercedes to join its fellow top teams out front in 2022 – and at Silverstone that possibility looks closer than ever
Formula 1 Significant Mercedes F1 package among British GP upgrades Eight of the 10 Formula 1 teams have brought upgrades to the British Grand Prix, as revealed in the latest ‘show and tell’
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Verstappen’s masterful defeat of faster Ferrari There were a lot of ‘what ifs’ for Ferrari in the Canadian Grand Prix. Mark Hughes assesses the chances Carlos Sainz had to win it, and how Max Verstappen and Red Bull made sure he didn’t
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: A corner-by-corner look at Alonso’s terrific lap Fernando Alonso went up against the better traction of the Red Bull and the Ferrari in Canada – and his brilliance picked off one of them
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: The caveat to Verstappen’s Montreal superiority Max Verstappen looked dominant on Friday at the Canadian Grand Prix. But his superiority might not have been all it seems as Mark Hughes explains
Formula 1 FIA’s new F1 bouncing limit won’t apply at Canadian GP The FIA’s new technical directive concerning the vertical acceleration of Formula 1 cars will not be applied this weekend at the Canadian Grand Prix, with the Montreal race just being used for data gathering instead
Formula 1 What upgrades have F1 teams brought to the Canadian GP? The list of Formula 1 teams’ Canadian Grand Prix upgrades isn’t huge, but it includes some significant contenders
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Why it wasn’t Perez who capitalised on Ferrari woe Sergio Perez was again the faster Red Bull driver in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix build-up and blitzed the early laps after grabbing the lead. But in the end he was comfortably beaten by team-mate Max Verstappen. Mark Hughes looks at why, and how the race might have panned out had the Ferraris continue
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Ferrari may not be as vulnerable as Red Bull hopes Does Ferrari’s Baku set-up leave it too exposed to Red Bull race day attacks? Or does Red Bull’s risk its tyres too much? Mark Hughes looks at what the title rivals’ technical differences mean for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Formula 1 Mercedes ‘experiments going wrong’ for Hamilton versus Russell Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff has attributed Lewis Hamilton’s run of qualifying defeats to team-mate George Russell to “experiments going wrong” on Hamilton’s side of the garage
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: How Red Bull and Ferrari compare in Baku A typically Baku day of choices left Ferrari and Red Bull trying different things but ending up separated by very little as Mark Hughes explains in his Friday analysis
Formula 1 Red Bull and Ferrari F1 upgrades among Azerbaijan GP updates After an expectedly stagnant Monaco Grand Prix, Formula 1’s development race has fired back into life at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with the majority of teams bringing new parts for the Baku weekend
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Snubbing Andretti would show F1 hasn’t learned If Formula 1 really is holding the door open for an indecisive automotive brand while simultaneously having a bouncer bar the way for Michael Andretti’s independent team to enter, it stinks
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: All the reasons Ferrari lost the Monaco GP Ferrari had the faster car at the Monaco Grand Prix and multiple chances to turn that into victory even as the weather randomised the race. Mark Hughes explains how Red Bull wrong-footed it
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: The legendary lap Leclerc didn’t need to finish Charles Leclerc was denied the chance to add a legendary pole lap to the Monaco Grand Prix history books, but his rivals faltering meant it didn’t make a difference, as Mark Hughes explains
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Why Ferrari has a clear advantage in Monaco Ferrari’s 2022 Formula 1 car has a characteristic that’s giving it a crucial edge over Red Bull around Monaco, as Mark Hughes explains in his full analysis of the Friday practice pace
Formula 1 The Monaco-specific updates F1 teams have made Most of the Formula 1 car changes this weekend are Monaco-specific because of its unique, slow-speed nature where downforce is at a premium and the efficiency of that downforce – ie how much drag it induces – is relatively unimportant
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Ferrari rescued its weekend then lost anyway Friday went from a troubled Friday to looking certain for Spanish Grand Prix victory before Charles Leclerc’s engine problem. Mark Hughes looks at that turnaround and what Mercedes might’ve achieved had Lewis Hamilton had a clean race
Formula 1 Rivals suspect Verstappen had pre-race fuel temperature drama Rival F1 teams suspect Max Verstappen was at risk of having over-cooled fuel before the start of the Spanish GP, but the FIA says it was within the legal window at all times once the car left the garage
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Why trademark Leclerc approach was risky but right Charles Leclerc’s all-or-nothing approach to Formula 1 qualifying at the Spanish Grand Prix was risky but necessary as Mark Hughes explains
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: The signs Mercedes’ F1 recovery is real this time Mercedes was mystified when it set the pace in practice in Miami – correctly so, as its speed thereafter proved. But it has reason to be confident its closer to Red Bull and Ferrari after a strong Friday showing at Barcelona
Formula 1 Huge McLaren package headlines first big 2022 F1 upgrades A massive suite of new parts for McLaren is the stand-out entry in the declaration of F1 teams’ updates ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: The urgent cost cap debate looming over F1 2022 The big Formula 1 teams are pushing for the cost cap limit to be increased to accommodate for inflation caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mark Hughes explains more
Formula 1 What stopped Perez dealing Ferrari another Miami F1 blow The late-race Miami Grand Prix safety car should have provided Sergio Perez with a chance to further dent Ferrari’s Formula 1 championship leads, so why didn’t he take it?
