Dean Smith (born 22 March 1988 in

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, West Midlands) is a British former racing driver, who was the

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champion of the

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and winner of that year's

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Career

Formula BMW

After previously competing in

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, Smith was awarded a

Formula BMW Formula BMW was a junior racing formula for single seater cars. It was positioned at the bottom of the motorsport career ladder alongside the longer established Formula Ford category. Like Formula Ford, it was intended to function as the young ...

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

in 2006, finishing 9th in the overall standings. In 2007, he finished as runner-up to

Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the GB3 Championship, GB4 Championship, and F4 British Championship. The team was bought in 1995 by current owner Richard Dutton. Past drivers for the team include Juan Pablo Montoya, ...

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 2008 by scoring two fourth-placed finishes on his

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debut with Fortec. A lack of funds prevented him from a full F3 campaign in 2009, meaning he moved to the

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. 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

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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

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circuit in Spain. In December 2009 he was awarded the prestigious

. As part of the prize he tested a

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car.

GP3 Series

Smith raced in the new

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in 2010 with Carlin, after securing support from the

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Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) † 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)

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Dean 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Wolverhampton English racing drivers Formula BMW UK drivers British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers GP3 Series drivers Porsche Carrera Cup GB drivers Carlin racing drivers Manor Motorsport drivers Fluid Motorsport Development drivers BVM Racing drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers