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Sam Smith
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Journalist for The Race Media; Press Conference host for FIA WEC; Creator of FE Notebook; A constricted moment of an expansive life…….
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We rank every full-time 2024-25 Formula E driver from worst to best
We tasked Formula E correspondent Sam Smith with ranking the entire full-time 2024-25 grid from worst to best. Here's the result
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August 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Diego ‘Two Puddings’ Maradona 🫡
August 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Senna's first F1 winner returns to Estoril - The full story
The car with which Ayrton Senna won his first F1 race will run at Estoril again for the 40th anniversary - driven by Bruno Senna and run by some of the original Lotus team
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March 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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A chat with the great Johnny Herbert on his friend and mentor EJ: www.the-race.com/formula-1/an... #F1
An underestimated genius - Jordan remembered by one of his first proteges
Eddie Jordan was pivotal to some many young drivers' rises to F1. Johnny Herbert was one of the first
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March 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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That time I met the brilliant Vicky McClure at 2018 Paris EPrix. Excellently random.
She was an absolute delight. #FormulaE
March 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The Parrish Council 👊🏼
February 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Great article by @sniffermedia.bsky.social over on @wearetherace.bsky.social looking at how #FormulaE will incorporate the return of pitstops into their television broadcasts - www.the-race.com/formula-e/tv...
The TV challenge of Formula E's new pitstop era
Formula E can't afford for its new era of pitstop races to look confusing or dull on TV. Sam Smith looks at how its producers are tackling that
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February 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Spa 2015: Andre Lotterer, Nico Verdonck and some old cycling guy. It is of course the legendary Eddie Merckx!
February 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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McLaren's long-time F1 tester leaves to join Williams
Highly-regarded long-serving McLaren Formula 1 test driver Oliver Turvey has joined Williams instead in a similar role ahead of the 2025 season
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January 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Musings on a really exciting #MexicoEprix, featuring NISMO team principal Tommaso Volpe megaphone.link/TAMC7215339628
Reviewing Rowland's Mexico City E-Prix smash 'n' grab by The Race Formula E Podcast
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January 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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On a track walk with the KCMG team at Interlagos in 2014. Matt Howson and Alexandre Imperatori chatting. Dickie Bradley looking hungover on the left! 😂
January 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Brands 1990 practice timing sheet found in attic. Some talent in there ! My first ever international race working and at age 15 I was front left putter on’r for Michael Bartels in race daypit stop! Imagine explaining that to HR now 😱
December 29, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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The untold story of an F1 icon, a mysterious trickster and Cher
A peculiar but charismatic businessman brought together A-list Hollywood superstar Cher and the struggling Tyrrell Formula 1 team in a surreal 1990s tale that didn't end well
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December 25, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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The remains of Massimo Monti’s Ralt F3000 car after clearing the barriers at the old Lesmo 1 in 1988! How did he survive? No one really knows! 😳🤯
December 22, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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Formula E needs pitstop complication less than ever
The newly-ultra-powerful attack mode made Formula E's 2024-25 season-opener an incredible spectacle just on the right side of being hard to follow. Which makes this a terrible time to throw pitstops back into the mix too
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December 16, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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Some musings on a brilliant - and bonkers - opening race of the new #FormulaE season
Reviewing the wild Sao Paulo season opener by The Race Formula E Podcast
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December 11, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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Great week in São Paulo. Always weird coming back to UK and 4 degrees from 30. Nice little pre Xmas Temporada 💪🏽
December 11, 2024 at 7:45 AM
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Brekkie with Chip! Spa, 2016.
December 1, 2024 at 7:32 AM
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Rene! Spotted him having a nosey at 2018 Geneva Motor Show!😄💪🏽 #Arnoux
November 28, 2024 at 6:37 AM
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What’s going on at Mahindra? www.the-race.com/formula-e/wh... #FormulaE
What's happening with Mahindra's Formula E future
Mahindra is facing a crucial period over the shape of its Formula E future. Will it commit to Gen4, stay in a different form or depart completely?
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November 26, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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Here’s this week’s brand-new episode of #AndColossallyThatsHistory, Richard Williams’ & my #F1 history podcast. This time it’s all about the UK’s first F1 superstars, Stirling Moss & Mike Hawthorn. Click below to listen.
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Moss vs Hawthorn: The race to be Britain’s first F1 champion
Podcast Episode · And Colossally That's History! · 22/11/2024 · 1h 34m
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November 22, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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#HappyBirthday Jacques Laffite, 81. What better day, therefore, for you to spare just over an hour to listen to Richard Williams’ & my latest #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast, in which we discuss the golden age of French #F1 drivers? Click below to listen.
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France's 'golden generation' of Formula 1 race winners
Podcast Episode · And Colossally That's History! · 14/11/2024 · 1h 5m
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November 21, 2024 at 6:46 AM
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With JM Gounon at Magny Cours in June 2000. He’s now got more hair than me. Life is so cruel 😤
November 20, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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Good evening!
November 19, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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I don’t watch ‘I’m a Celebrity Self Absorbed Dickhead’ but I tell you what, I’ve always loved Barry McGuigan. One courageous hero right there. #clonescyclone💪🏽
November 19, 2024 at 10:44 AM