Smedley: ’Horrendous misfires’ could come from engine setup

Williams’ Rob Smedley says the “horrendous misfires” that both Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas suffered in qualifying for...

Smedley: F1 can't go back to something that doesn't exist anymore

Williams' Head of Vehicle Performance, Rob Smedley, believes Formula 1 is in an era which fully justifies drivers...

Explaining the F1 summer break

Eric Silbermann speaks to Renault's Alan Permane and Rob Smedley of Williams to find out what goes on...

Bottas bemoans ‘wrong’ Williams tyre strategy

Valtteri Bottas says “there was definitely something wrong” with Williams’ tyre strategy at last Sunday’s German Grand Prix,...

Williams crucially lacking pace - Smedley

William's Rob Smedley  left Budapest thoroughly disappointed, the team's head of performance engineering underlining the team's FW38's lack...

Williams to run new floor in FP3

Williams will run its new floor for the first time in final practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix...

Smedley qualifies Williams race in Austria as 'pretty mediocre'

Williams head of performance Rob Smedley admitted the Grove outfit's level of performance Sunday's Austrian GP was a...

Smedley confident Williams can repeat Austria success

Williams performance chief Rob Smedley is confident the British team can perform well during this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix,...

Williams confident of Ferrari, Red Bull challenge in Canada

Williams performance chief Rob Smedley says he expects the British team to be “certainly closer” to the likes...

Williams notes Monaco gains in ‘bittersweet’ weekend

Rob Smedley says he has noticed improvements in how Williams fared in last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, though...

Williams will still challenge Red Bull - Smedley

Rob Smedley says Williams will still challenge Red Bull this season despite Max Verstappen's victory in the Spanish...

Williams FW38 ‘not a one-trick pony’, Smedley insists

Williams performance chief Rob Smedley insists this year’s FW38 is ‘not a one-trick pony’ that can only perform on...