Rob Smedley was disappointed to see Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa qualify only eleventh and thirteenth in Brazil, but still has hopes for a strong race on Sunday. read more »

Williams performance chief Rob Smedley says the team was "pleasantly surprised" by its speed on the first day of practice for the Brazilian Grand… read more »

Rob Smedley praised the team for the correct strategy choice in the race and the way the drivers defended their tyres throughout the stints. read more »

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 »

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

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 »

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 »

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 »

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

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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

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 »

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 »

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

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »