Jake Williams-Smith

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F2 and F3 Content Writer at Formula1

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Le Mans set for Ford v Ferrari pt2 - and once again it's personal

Jan 31, 2025 | motorsportmagazine.com | Jake Williams-Smith |Damien Smith

For corporate speak, this sure is punchy. Ford is referring to 2016 in that last part, when a favourable Balance of Performance – the equivalent of saying ‘Voldemort’ at Le Mans – contributed to the strengths of the new Ford GT as it swept to a debut (class) victory ahead of the new 488.
Ford announces Le Mans return as it chases first overall win since 1969

Jan 30, 2025 | motorsportmagazine.com | Jake Williams-Smith |Damien Smith

Ford will return to the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2027 in a bid to win the race overall for the first time since the 1960s. The American giant has revealed its plan to race in the top tier of prototype sports car racing with a full manufacturer entry in the LMDh class, through its Ford Performance arm. But it has yet to reveal details of which chassis supplier or team it will engage for the programme. The return will come 60 years since its halcyon days at the world’s most famous endurance race.
F1 driver among 30 artists in London Art of Motoring exhibition

Oct 23, 2024 | motorsportmagazine.com | Jake Williams-Smith |Andrew Frankel |Cambridge Kisby |Sean Costa

Former Le Mans winner and veteran Formula 1 racer Stefan Johansson is one of thirty artists featured at London’s Art of Motoring exhibition next week, as the automotive art showcase celebrates its tenth year. Run in association with the Royal Automobile Club and curated by Motor Sport contributor Andrew Marriott, the show at London’s Iconic Images Gallery is free to enter and includes a range of works that bring more than a century of motor racing to life in a range of styles.
Lewis Hamilton wins first F1 race for three years at 2024 British GP

Jul 7, 2024 | motorsportmagazine.com | Jake Williams-Smith |James Elson

“There’s definitely been days between 2021 and here where I didn’t feel like I was good enough or whether I was gonna get back to where I am today. “But the important thing is I had great people around me continuing to support me and my team.
July 2024

May 30, 2024 | motorsportmagazine.com | Ekagra Gupta |Mark Hughes |Jake Williams-Smith

Page 19 The Editor: Jenks's Mille Miglia report remains the gold standard of sports journalism "On May 1st motor-racing history was made, for Stirling Moss won the 1000-mile Mille Miglia, the first time in twenty-two… Page 24 Motor Sport at 100: here’s our story so far One hundred years ago a man called Oscar Seyd decided that the world of motor racing needed a dedicated publication… Page 31 Mark Hughes: 'Maybe this time, Adrian Newey has accepted Ferrari's F1 offer' As the Red Bull human...
Norris vs Verstappen recalled great Imola duels of Alonso & Schumacher

May 22, 2024 | motorsportmagazine.com | Jake Williams-Smith |Mark Hughes

Lando Norris and Max Verstappen's fight for victory at Imola had the ingredients for a vintage race, says Mark Hughes. Just as the Alonso vs Schumacher battles of 2005 and 2006 did... Fernando Alonso’s race at Imola last weekend was a pale shadow of his epic fights here in 2005 and ’06 with Michael Schumacher, his Aston Martin just not working. The duel for victory this time between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris did however bear a remarkable resemblance to those Alonso-Schumacher fights.
June 2024

Apr 25, 2024 | motorsportmagazine.com | Jake Williams-Smith |Cambridge Kisby |James Elson |Andrew Frankel

We are getting a clearer picture of the 2026 Formula now that some tweaks have been made to the published…
Hamilton’s scintillating 2023 shows he’s still got what it takes for F1

Jan 22, 2024 | motorsportmagazine.com | Jake Williams-Smith |Mark Hughes |James Elson

Two whole seasons without a grand prix victory. It might not sound much to the majority of both professionals and aspiring hopefuls striving to get anywhere near F1, never mind win a race; but for the world championship’s most successful ever driver, it must seem like a lifetime.
MPH: Can Hamilton write his F1 comeback story before it's too late?

Dec 14, 2023 | motorsportmagazine.com | Jake Williams-Smith |Mark Hughes

Talking with Lewis Hamilton during the Abu Dhabi season finale a few weeks ago, about the hopes raised and dashed by the Mercedes of the last two years, it was clearly sometimes difficult for him to retain full positivity.
Does BBC know how to revive Top Gear after losing 'secret sauce'?

Nov 22, 2023 | motorsportmagazine.com | Rob Widdows |Jake Williams-Smith |Andrew Frankel

So that’s it. It’s taken the BBC almost a year and cost it (not the taxpayer) a £9 million pay out, but the decision has been taken. Top Gear, surely the most enduringly successful car show in history, is being ‘rested’. It won’t be back for the foreseeable future.