Formula 1 Ferrari outlines unusual cause of penalty Leclerc took blame for Ferrari Formula 1 team boss Mattia Binotto says Charles Leclerc’s pitlane speeding penalty in the Belgian Grand Prix was the result of an earlier incident during the race
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: The ‘ballsy’ commitment that earned Sainz pole Max Verstappen was in a league of his own in Belgian GP qualifying. But Carlos Sainz overcame his Ferrari’s downforce deficit – eclipsing even Verstappen in some mini-sectors – to ensure it was him and not Sergio Perez who will start from pole
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Verstappen pace suggests he can win despite penalty Based on the Friday evidence at Spa, Formula 1 points leader Max Verstappen could still win the Belgian Grand Prix even with his back-of-the-grid penalty
Formula 1 Audi has gone grand prix racing before – sort of Audi’s 2026 engine project will mark the first time it has raced in Formula 1, but it has, by extension, competed in grand prix racing previously. Mark Hughes explains that history
Formula 1 What upgrades have F1 teams brought to the Belgian GP? There are a host of circuit-specific changes from Formula 1 teams for the first race after the summer break, the Belgian Grand Prix – but Mercedes and McLaren have the biggest range of upgrades
Formula 1 Mark Hughes on Ricciardo’s fall from grace at McLaren All concerned with Daniel Ricciardo’s now confirmed early exit from McLaren come out of it bruised: driver for his reputation, and team for the compensation it will pay. Mark Hughes explains how Ricciardo went from matching Max Verstappen to being drubbed at McLaren
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: F1’s 2026 package feels tailor-made for Porsche There are good reasons why Porsche has so far resisted the kind of fully-fledged Formula 1 effort it will embark on with Red Bull for 2026. Mark Hughes looks at what makes F1 such an ideal fit for Porsche under the new rules, and why its past projects were so different
Formula 1 Alonso’s Aston Martin move creates a McLaren 2007 reunion Fernando Alonso’s 2023 Aston Martin switch reunites him with a significant figure who he hasn’t worked with since the most controversial part of his Formula 1 career
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Red Bull showed Ferrari how a real top team works Ferrari trapped itself in a situation Max Verstappen and Red Bull saw coming and dealt with. The Hungarian Grand Prix was a masterclass from Red Bull that brutally highlighted Ferrari’s current flaws
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: What made Russell’s pole a sensational anomaly George Russell’s sensational Hungarian Grand Prix pole position lap was a stark anomaly in an otherwise Ferrari/Red Bull dominated 2022 Formula 1 season. Mark Hughes explains the factors that led to Russell’s maiden F1 pole
Formula 1 Mark Hughes: Red Bull’s right to fear Ferrari’s Hungary supremacy Red Bull came into the Hungary weekend expecting to be overshadowed on pace by Ferrari – and there was nothing about Friday practice which suggested it was wrong as Mark Hughes explains in his post-practice analysis
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
