Dean Smith (born 22 March 1988 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands) is a British former racing driver, who was the 2009 champion of the British Formula Renault Championship and winner of that year's McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.
Career
Formula BMW After previously competing in karting, Smith was awarded a Formula BMW scholarship in 2004, finishing 15th in the Formula BMW UK championship.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/2900/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database He took three wins on his way to winning the championship in 2005.
Formula Renault
Smith moved up to the British Formula Renault Championship in 2006, finishing ninth in the overall standings. In 2007, he finished as runner-up to Fortec Motorsport teammate Duncan Tappy. He made the move to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in 2008 for Fortec, but finished down in 17th place. Smith finished the year by scoring two fourth-placed finishes on his British Formula 3 debut with Fortec. A lack of funds prevented him from a full F3 campaign in 2009, meaning he moved to the Porsche Carrera Cup. He was then given the opportunity to join British Formula Renault team Manor Competition, and took seven victories on his way to winning the title, despite missing the opening round of the championship at Brands Hatch due to him competing in the supporting Porsche races at the circuit. He also took second place in the final race of the Eurocup season at the brand-new Ciudad del Motor de Aragón circuit in Spain.
In December 2009, Smith was awarded the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. As part of the prize, he tested a McLaren Formula One car.
GP3 Series Smith raced in the new GP3 Series in 2010 with Carlin, after securing support from the Racing Steps Foundation.
Racing record Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points2007Fortec MotorsportZAN1ZAN2OSC1OSC2ASS1ASS2ZOL1ZOL1NUR1NUR2OSC1OSC2SPA1SPA2HOC1HOC2 43rd 5
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2008 Fortec Motorsports SPA1 SPA2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LMS1 LMS2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 17th 11 2009 BVM MinardiCAT1CAT2SPA1SPA2HUN1HUN2SIL1SIL2LMS1LMS2NÜR1NÜR2ALC1ALC2 NC† 0
† As Smith was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points
Complete GP3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2010 Carlin CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 7th 24 2011 Addax TeamISTFEAISTSPRCATFEACATSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 12th 18
References
External links Official website