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Damien Smith

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Editor

This is Damien’s second spell as editor of Motor Sport, following his short stint (just nine issues!) in 2005. He has returned to the magazine after two years as editor-in-chief of Autosport, a magazine he first joined in 1996. During his time on the weekly, Damien covered everything from club racing to Formula 1, via Formula 3000 and sports car racing. He is also one of the two Trombonists on the editorial team.

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Hybrids miss out on Spa victory

06/05/12

Audi’s new hybrid R18 sports prototype fell short in its quest for a debut victory in the World Endurance Championship …

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Audi hybrid ready for world debut

04/05/12

It’s a case of Audi vs Audi this weekend, as the second round of the new FIA World Endurance Championship …

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The story of the 1962 Grand Prix season

25/04/12

Fed up with Formula 1 and its boringly repetitive ability to show itself totally insensitive to, and out of touch …

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2012 Chinese Grand Prix report

15/04/12

When Nico Rosberg arrived in Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix, he had neither a pole position nor a race …

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The Legend of Gilles Villeneuve

29/03/12

I saw Gilles Villeneuve race. Just the once, and not for long. But as time has passed, it’s a brief …

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Vettel to headline at Goodwood

14/03/12

Double Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel will make his first appearance at the Festival of Speed in July, it …

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Surf’s up for maverick Mike Thackwell

23/02/12

Some stories are special. They’re the ones you really want to tell, that you’ve wanted to do for years and …

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Why we’ll miss Patrick Head in Formula 1

25/01/12

Never exactly one to kowtow to convention, Patrick Head. But then great race engineers never are. It’s written in their …

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Formula 1’s fickle finger of fate

22/12/11

According to that surreal 140-character world that is Twitter (I wrote it off as a waste of cyberspace, but now …

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Life’s a scream with Herbert

23/11/11

If anyone walks in now, how ever am I going to explain this? That was the question that crept into …

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Sir Jackie Stewart at the helm

27/10/11

Of all the months we should ask Sir Jackie Stewart to be guest editor, it was fitting that it was …

2011 Dan Wheldon Tribute

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16/10/11

The death of British Indycar racer Dan Wheldon in a dreadful multi-car accident at the Las Vegas season finale has …

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2011 Japanese Grand Prix report

09/10/11

Jenson Button is a class act. In the ‘green room’ before the podium ceremony he smiled and warmly congratulated the …

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Porsche’s ‘Pink Pig’ cameo

28/09/11

Ideas for Motor Sport stories can spring from anywhere, and in my experience the best ones often come when you …

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Magic of the Nürburgring

25/08/11

It was just after midnight on a Saturday back in June when art editor Damon Cogman and I stood up …

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Proud farewell to a legend

28/07/11

As months go, this was one we’ll never forget. The pages were flowing and the deadline was looming as usual …