Jack Oliver Smith (@The_Front_Jack) header
Jack Oliver Smith (@The_Front_Jack) profile picture

Editor @MotorsportWeek | Formula 1 journalist 🏎️ 🏁 🖊️ | FIA accredited | suffering Tottenham supporter | advocate for ADHD awareness

Grande Bretagne
Joined February 2024
Photo by Jack Oliver Smith (@The_Front_Jack)Photo by Jack Oliver Smith (@The_Front_Jack)Photo by Jack Oliver Smith (@The_Front_Jack)Photo by Jack Oliver Smith (@The_Front_Jack)Photo by Jack Oliver Smith (@The_Front_Jack)Photo by Jack Oliver Smith (@The_Front_Jack)Photo by Jack Oliver Smith (@The_Front_Jack)Photo by Jack Oliver Smith (@The_Front_Jack)Photo by Jack Oliver Smith (@The_Front_Jack)Photo by Jack Oliver Smith (@The_Front_Jack)
Lewis Hamilton will take part in qualifying for the São Paulo Grand Prix but a PU change after FP3 means his 10-place grid penalty after changing the ICE component is now a total start from the back of the grid
1
1
451
Jack Oliver Smith retweeted
BREAKING: Sergio Perez confirmed to remain with Cadillac through 2029 #F1
307
4,555
937
46,176
1,149,831
Formation lap expected in six minutes time! #F1 #BahrainGP
1
227
Bahrain may have brought its Grand Prix to Malaysia, but Malaysia is bringing the BahRAIN Grand Prix
3
4
818
Ferrari has confirmed that Lewis Hamilton’s damaged Ferrari from his FP3 shunt has been fixed and will take part in qualifying. Still no word on Ollie Bearman’s Haas
2
126
RED FLAG! Hamilton in the wall and is limping back
1
5
850
The rain has stopped and the fans are in good cheer! F1 will miss this track and its wonderful people
1
161
It’s starting to spit with rain and it’s only getting heavier #DutchGP #F1 #Zandvoort
2
3
785
Paul Monaghan and Checo Perez….I wonder what they’re talking about?
3
1
10
1,160
I’m so thoroughly pleased for Taylor Barnard. Nobody deserves a Formula E victory more. A 🧵
1
3
11
360
4. His first full season was mesmeric. Setting new records and just showing the world he was one of the best British talents in motorsport, F1 drivers included
1
2
53
5. His win yesterday was one of intelligence, opportunism and extraction of all his skill behind the wheel. Sharing a hug with him in the pen at the ExCel took me back to that first time in Monaco. It made me emotional, so god knows what it was like for him and his family. 👏
2
49
Taylor Barnard's excellent first EPrix win today in London means that this season every team has won a race over the course of the 2025-26 campaign. This is the first time such a feat has been achieved in the championships history! #FormulaE
5
303
Jack Oliver Smith retweeted
6am. One week to go. This weekend in London will be my final race as a professional racing driver. After 30 years of racing, it is difficult to put into words what this journey has meant to me. Motorsport has been my life since I was a kid. It gave me incredible moments, difficult ones, victories, defeats, lessons, friendships and memories that I will carry forever. And Formula E has a very special place in that story. I have been part of this championship since the very beginning. I watched it go from an idea that many thought would never work into one of the most competitive and innovative championships in the world. Along the way, Formula E became much more than a place where I raced. It became a family. To everyone who has been part of this journey — my teams, engineers, mechanics, partners, competitors, the people working behind the scenes, and all the friends I made along the way — thank you. And especially to the fans: thank you for following me, supporting me, challenging me and sharing this incredible ride. Racing only has meaning because people care about it. There will be time after London to look back properly at these 30 years. For now, there is still one race to go. One final showdown. One final time putting on the helmet. One final race in London. And I intend to enjoy every second of it. See you in London. ❤️
33
93
13
956
33,691
Raymond Vermuelen, manager of Max Verstappen, was sighted stepping into McLaren team hospitality, amid the ongoing rumours that he is in talks with the team. But McLaren clarified it was due to its academy driver, Dries Van Langendonck, signing with Verstappen Racing management
4
18
2,005
Jack Oliver Smith retweeted
Thursday, and it's media day at Spa, and maybe the day we get clarity on Max Verstappen's 2027 plans. Raymond Vermeulen has hinted that Verstappen will now stay at Red Bull, so will he take the opportunity of today's press conference to firmly declare his Red Bull intent? From what I've heard, the sting appears to have gone from the McLaren talks - at least with regards to 2027. I took a few days off from social media because it all got a bit much last week - I misread just how fired up everything was, and initially thought the tweets of others were also teasing what I was hearing about the rumours. By the time I realised they weren't, it was too late. Regardless, it was silly of me. Lesson learned on my part, and mea culpa. #F1 #BelgianGP – at St. Vith, Belgium
28
17
27
232
39,278
Jack Oliver Smith retweeted
"This is something amazing" 💪 Giancarlo Fisichella, Italy's last Grand Prix winner prior to this season, joins Tom Clarkson on Beyond The Grid: Legends to talk on his career and Kimi Antonelli's success and future 👀 #F1

34
60
1
646
212,347
The FIA has confirmed that during FP1 and FP2 in Austria, all cars will be trialling different rear lights colours to indicate MGUK power, following on from initial trialling in Canada and Barcelona
2
3
666