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Sam Smith

@sniffermedia.bsky.social

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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Wattie says ‘one set of new tyres please’ #F1

25.02.2026 18:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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
06.08.2025 13:38 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Diego ‘Two Puddings’ Maradona 🫡

07.08.2025 04:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I was hoping you were UK bound for a reprisal of the 2014 Cambridge v Dragons away day

29.03.2025 06:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Heathrow T4?

28.03.2025 12:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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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
28.03.2025 08:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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

A chat with the great Johnny Herbert on his friend and mentor EJ: www.the-race.com/formula-1/an... #F1

21.03.2025 06:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’ve always deserved two of everything. Including Yorkshire Puddings 😝

09.03.2025 06:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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That time I met the brilliant Vicky McClure at 2018 Paris EPrix. Excellently random.
She was an absolute delight. #FormulaE

04.03.2025 17:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Parrish Council 👊🏼

17.02.2025 20:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Correct. I’m in it 😳 Should be announced next month

13.02.2025 06:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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

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...

10.02.2025 18:12 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Spa 2015: Andre Lotterer, Nico Verdonck and some old cycling guy. It is of course the legendary Eddie Merckx!

01.02.2025 08:53 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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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
22.01.2025 15:29 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Reviewing Rowland's Mexico City E-Prix smash 'n' grab by The Race Formula E Podcast

Musings on a really exciting #MexicoEprix, featuring NISMO team principal Tommaso Volpe megaphone.link/TAMC7215339628

15.01.2025 10:42 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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! 😂

03.01.2025 08:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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 😱

29.12.2024 11:20 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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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
25.12.2024 12:58 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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! 😳🤯

22.12.2024 17:16 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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
16.12.2024 09:52 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Reviewing the wild Sao Paulo season opener by The Race Formula E Podcast

Some musings on a brilliant - and bonkers - opening race of the new #FormulaE season

11.12.2024 21:23 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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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 💪🏽

11.12.2024 07:45 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That’s because it’s absolutely awful

03.12.2024 20:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Brekkie with Chip! Spa, 2016.

01.12.2024 07:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Rene! Spotted him having a nosey at 2018 Geneva Motor Show!😄💪🏽 #Arnoux

28.11.2024 06:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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?

What’s going on at Mahindra? www.the-race.com/formula-e/wh... #FormulaE

26.11.2024 12:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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That’s incredible 😄

22.11.2024 23:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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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

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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22.11.2024 21:01 — 👍 40    🔁 8    💬 5    📌 1
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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

#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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21.11.2024 06:46 — 👍 78    🔁 6    💬 7    📌 1