Damien Smith

2 weeks ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Damien Smith |Rob Widdows |Simon Taylor |Mark Hughes

Formula 1 in 1973 boiled down to Lotus versus Tyrrell: Lithe and balanced 72 versus stubby and twitchy 005-006. But were either the best car of the season? Silverstone that year is remembered for the shunt triggered by Jody Scheckter, F1’s newest bad boy, whose McLaren M23 slewed in the teeth of the pack. His team-mates, Peter Revson and Denny Hulme, howled through a shrinking gap, while others screeched and squawked into a growing pile of expensive scrap.

3 weeks ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Damien Smith |James Elson |Jonathan Noble |Chris Medland

The death of Eddie Jordan has prompted some impressive tributes from former drivers and paddock contemporaries. But what was it like to work for the colourful Irishman – and how good a leader was he? Few knew EJ better than Andy Stevenson, who joined him as an F3 mechanic towards the end of 1987. Some 38 years later Stevenson is still at what is in effect the same team as sporting director of Aston Martin, one of several employees who has remained on board what was originally Jordan GP.

1 month ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Matt Bishop |Damien Smith |Chris Medland

Nobody really talks about the team that replaced Jordan Grand Prix. After Eddie Jordan finally sold up at the start of 2005, it became Midland F1 12 months later, and I’ll admit I really wanted to make it my favourite outfit. Nothing overly deep, it was just one letter away from my own name, and in that way it was so close to that dream so many of us had as children (or still harbour as big kids) – our own F1 team. And Midland was taking over something so cool.

1 month ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Damien Smith |James Elson |Matt Bishop |Mark Hughes

“Would you rather be in a room full of Ron Dennises, or a room full of Eddie Jordans?”It’s that weighty philosophical question which GP winner John Watson – the first man to drive a Jordan F1 car – uses to sum up the highly emotional reaction to the recent passing of Eddie Jordan, a team boss whose world championship enterprise caught the imagination like no other.

1 month ago | motorsportmagazine.com | Mark Hughes |James Elson |Damien Smith |Dominic Tobin

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole by less than two-hundredths of a second from Max Verstappen in sprint qualifying at the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix. Behind them, Liam Lawson was having another difficult day Lewis Hamilton will start alongside Max Verstappen for the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix sprint after a brilliant lap secured him pole for the Saturday morning race.