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 »

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

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

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

Today's press conference with Luca Furbatto, Yusuke Hasegawa, Paul Monaghan, Rob Smedley, Graham Watson and Beat Zehnder. read more »

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES - Graham WATSON (Toro Rosso), Beat ZEHNDER (Sauber), Luca FURBATTO (Manor), Rob SMEDLEY (Williams), Paul MONAGHAN (Red Bull Racing), Yusuke HASEGAWA (Honda) read more »

Williams has a "great opportunity" to close up to Formula 1's frontrunners when new regulations arrive in 2017, says the team's performance chief Rob Smedley read more »