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Mark P. Hughes is the
Grand Prix
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editor for
''Motor Sport'' magazine, a position he has held since the start of 2014. He is also an F1 correspondent for ''
The Sunday Times
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'' and technical editor for the renowned motor racing annual, ''
Autocourse
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History
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''. Hughes also provides analysis for British television coverage of
Formula One
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, currently working in the role of technical analyst for Sky Sports following his previous role as commentary box producer for the
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's coverage, in case commentators
David Coulthard
David Marshall Coulthard (; born 27 March 1971) is a British former racing driver from Scotland, later turned presenter, commentator and journalist. Nicknamed 'DC', he competed in 15 seasons of Formula One between and , taking 13 Grand Prix vi ...
and
Martin Brundle
Martin John Brundle (born 1 June 1959) is a British former racing driver, best known as a Formula One driver and as a commentator for ITV Sport from 1997 to 2008, the BBC from 2009 to 2011, and Sky Sports since 2012.
Brundle contested the 19 ...
miss anything on track. He worked in a similar role for
ITV
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when they had the rights to F1, assisting Brundle and
James Allen. He has also written articles that have been published in ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was fo ...
''.
When Hughes worked for ''
Autosport
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'' his Formula One race reports were widely acclaimed for their combination of cockpit insight, technical understanding and vivid prose; veteran motorsport author
Eoin Young
Eoin S. Young (9 June 1939, Cave, New Zealand – 5 September 2014, Christchurch
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has described Hughes as "a talent with an amazing (...)ability", and has compared him to
Ernest Hemingway
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.
Hughes has had several F1-related books published. ''Speed Addicts'' (published by
HarperCollins
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) was awarded ‘Best Illustrated Book’ at the 2006
British Sports Book Awards. Mark Hughes is also the author of the 2008 book ''Lewis Hamilton, The Full Story''.
His co-authored book with racing driver Tommy Byrne, ''Crashed And Byrned'', won the 2008
William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year
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.
His brother is the racing driver
Warren Hughes
Warren Hughes (born 19 January 1969) is a racing driver from Newcastle, England.
He has raced in a variety of different series, most notably the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), the FIA GT1 World Championship, the Le Mans Series, ...
, and he is married.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
English sportswriters
English motorsport people
Formula One journalists and reporters