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Critics: Massa’s $82M F1 Crusade Faces Backlash from Insiders

Mar.13 – Four well-known Formula 1 personalities have questioned whether Felipe Massa should be proceeding with a $82 million lawsuit..

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13 Mar 2024

F1 Nation: Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari – The Inside Story

In what is being heralded as a landmark transition within Formula 1, Lewis Hamilton is set to don the iconic Ferrari scarlet starting in..

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15 Feb 2024

New rules not to blame for porpoising effect says Smedley

Jun.29 – Formula 1’s new ground-effect regulations have been a success, according to former long-time Ferrari engineer Rob..

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29 Jun 2022

F1 Nation: 2021 Mexico F1 GP Preview podcast

Max Verstappen heads for Mexico’s cauldron of noise leading the championship. Will he extend his points lead, or can Mercedes and Lewis..

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2 Nov 2021

Former Head of Vehicle Performance Warns Williams

Former head of vehicle performance Rob Smedley believes Williams should exercise caution in presuming performance can’t get any..

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23 Jan 2020

Rumour: Williams to supply Pirelli test car

Williams appears to have been nominated as the supplier of a Pirelli test car for 2021. Earlier, we reported that F1’s official..

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8 Mar 2019

Smedley to F1 & Williams car delayed

Former top engineer at Williams, Rob Smedley, has been signed up by Liberty Media. Towards the end of Williams’ abysmal 2018 season,..

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18 Feb 2019

Rob Smedley 2018 Beyond the Grid interview

Rob Smedley is a well know engineer who worked for Jordan, Ferrari and Williams. He use to be Felipe Massa‘s race engineer. Rob..

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28 Nov 2018

Ferrari eyeing management shake-up for 2019

Robert Smedley could be shaping up to return to Ferrari. Famous for being Felipe Massa‘s race engineer at the Maranello team, the..

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15 Nov 2018

Sirotkin: Smedley exit won’t hurt Williams

The departure of Robert Smedley will not overly hurt Williams. That is the view of Sergey Sirotkin, the British team’s Russian driver..

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9 Nov 2018

Smedley explaines what happens at the Williams pitwall

 Williams Head of Performance Engineering Rob Smedley shows what happens at the Williams

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7 Oct 2018

Williams FP1 recap – 2018 Japanese F1 GP

 It’s Friday of the Japanese Grand Prix and Karun Chandhok catches up with Rob Smedley and Robert Kubica on Williams

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5 Oct 2018

Kubica, Chandhok & Smedley in the paddock in France

 Williams reserve Robert Kubica, Karun Chandhok and Rob Smedley have fun at the paddock of the Paul Ricard circuit to talk about what..

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22 Jun 2018

Kubica’s return to FP1 in Spain

 Karun Chandhok talks to Robert Kubica who is getting back in the cockpit of an F1 car since 2010 and Rob Smedley gives his..

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11 May 2018

Kubica interview Azerbaijan 2018

 Karun Chandhok catches up with Robert Kubica and Rob Smedley on the first day of track running at the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand

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28 Apr 2018

Williams TV: Rob Smedley looks ahead to the Hungarian GP

WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING Head of Performance Engineering Rob Smedley looks ahead to the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix, from the F1 paddock on..

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28 Jul 2017

Villeneuve: Stroll debut ‘could be dangerous’

Mar.23 – Jacques Villeneuve has changed his tune about the F1 debut this weekend of his 18-year-old Canadian countryman Lance Stroll...

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23 Mar 2017

Smedley: Judge Stroll after ‘half a year’

Mar.14 – The pressure on Lance Stroll ahead of the 2017 season is “extremely high”. That is not the view of an outspoken..

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14 Mar 2017

Boss: Williams must not lose Rob Smedley

Nov.29 – Claire Williams says the British team she leads does not want to lose Rob Smedley. In the past decade, British engineer..

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29 Nov 2016

Smedley: Alonso caused Massa’s Ferrari decline

Nov.24 – Felipe Massa‘s relationship with Ferrari soured due to the arrival of Fernando Alonso. On the eve of the likeable..

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24 Nov 2016

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