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Williams' Rob Smedley: "The virtual safety car put us at a disadvantage"

over 9 years ago

from: TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk

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Rob Smedley felt Williams Martini Racing should have scored more points than they did in the United States Grand Prix after a compromised afternoon for both drivers. read more »

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Williams’ Rob Smedley: “The team can be reasonably proud"

over 9 years ago

from: TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk

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Williams' Head of Performance Rob Smedley believed the team achieved their best result but admits the team need to improve their pace. read more »

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Williams' Rob Smedley: "The car just wasn't quick enough"

over 9 years ago

from: TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk

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Rob Smedley admitted that eleventh and twelfth was probably where Williams deserved to be in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday. read more »

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Smedley: Massa suffered an electrical issue

over 9 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

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At the start of the formation lap before the Malaysian Grand Prix, Williams driver Felipe Massa couldn't get his car working due to an electronics glitch, head of Williams... read more »

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Williams' Rob Smedley: "Valtteri drove a brilliant race"

over 9 years ago

from: TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk

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Rob Smedley felt Valtteri Bottas drove a great race in Malaysia to make a one-stop strategy work and finish fifth, but he was less happy with Felipe Massa's P13. read more »

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Williams placing its faith in Spagnolo

over 9 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

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Rob Smedley is confident that the recruitment of former Ferrari tyre guru Antonio Spagnolo will reap dividends. read more »

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Williams F1 team eyes 'next level' with new ex-Ferrari engineer

over 9 years ago

from: Autosport.com

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Williams performance chief Rob Smedley feels the recent recruitment of a former Ferrari tyre specialist will help the team move "onto the next level" in Formula 1 read more »

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Focus on Force India would be 'huge mistake' for Williams - Smedley

over 9 years ago

from: Autosport.com

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Williams performance chief Rob Smedley believes it would be "a huge mistake" to solely focus on beating Force India in the 2016 Formula 1 constructors' championship read more »

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Williams 'lucky' to limit damage in standings

over 9 years ago

from: GPUpdate.net

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Williams Head of Performance Engineering Rob Smedley admitted the outfit was lucky to limit the damage to its rivals in the Constructors' championship after… read more »

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Smedley: Force India will be more disappointed than us

over 9 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

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Williams team boss Rob Smedley explained that the points gap between Force India and themselves could have been much bigger had it not been for Nico Hulkenberg's crash at... read more »

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Williams' Rob Smedley: "The damage has been limited"

over 9 years ago

from: TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk

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Rob Smedley believes the Williams team got off quite lightly in Singapore after losing only four points to Force India in the championship after failing to score themselves, read more »

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Williams' Rob Smedley: "I think that was the most we could achieve"

over 9 years ago

from: TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk

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Rob Smedley was pleased with the overall performance of the Williams Martini Racing Team at last weekend's Italian Grand Prix read more »

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Williams' Rob Smedley: "The red flag didn't come out very quickly"

over 9 years ago

from: TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk

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Rob Smedley bemoaned the delay in halting the Belgian Grand Prix following Kevin Magnussen's crash as it heavily compromised Valtteri Bottas' afternoon. read more »

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Williams holds hands up on poor strategy call

over 9 years ago

from: Crash.Net

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Rob Smedley admits Williams got Valtteri Bottas race strategy completely wrong and were powerless to see him drop to ninth in the closing stages read more »

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Williams’ Rob Smedley: “We'll keep pushing on”

over 9 years ago

from: TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk

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Williams Martini Racing deployed the wrong tactics during the German Grand Prix for Valtteri Bottas, according to Rob Smedley. read more »

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Smedley: Williams must be 'introspective'

over 9 years ago

from: GPUpdate.net

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Williams performance chief Rob Smedley has urged the team to "knuckle down" and be "introspective" in an attempt to recover from a challenging sequence of… read more »

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Smedley ruing William’s lack of pace

over 9 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

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Rob Smedley has claimed that the lack of pace shown by their FW38 at the Hungaroring over the weekend is a worrying factor for the rest of the season. read more »

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Williams' Rob Smedley: "The pace of the car is just not there"

over 9 years ago

from: TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk

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Rob Smedley admitted the pace of the Williams is not as strong as it should have been after seeing the team struggle to score just two points in Hungary on Sunday. read more »

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Williams must 'knuckle down' amid difficulties

over 9 years ago

from: F1Zone.net

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Williams Head of Performance Engineering Rob Smedley says the team must "knuckle down" and work effectively as it bids to improve, following a difficult run of races... read more »

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FIA deputy race director Herbie Blash to step down

over 9 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

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Herbie Blash will step down as the FIA's deputy race director at the end of the current season after two decades in the role. Blash's tenure in F1 started in 1965,... read more »

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Williams pit-stop gains down to 'hard work'

over 9 years ago

from: GPUpdate.net

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Williams performance chief Rob Smedley says that the outfit's pit lane gains this season, which have led to it setting the standard at all Grands Prix so far… read more »

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Resurfaced Austria circuit a factor in 'mediocre' Williams performance

over 9 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

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Rob Smedley says the resurfaced Spielberg circuit was a factor in Williams' "pretty mediocre" showing at the Austrian Grand Prix. Austria had been one of... read more »

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Smedley laments ‘mediocre’ weekend

over 9 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

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Williams boss Rob Smedley said that this past weekend's performance was rather underwhelming since they had high expectations before the race. read more »

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Lewis Hamilton v Nico Rosberg: Mercedes orders would 'rob' racing fans

over 9 years ago

from: BBC.co.uk/F1

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Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes should not implement team orders to tackle his fight with Nico Rosberg as it would "rob" fans. read more »

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Williams F1 chief admits team was 'pretty mediocre' in Austrian GP

over 9 years ago

from: Autosport.com

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Williams was "pretty mediocre" in Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix, the Formula 1 team's performance chief Rob Smedley admits read more »