Williams’ Rob Smedley admitted he was “a little surprised” by Valtteri Bottas’ pace in the British GP but has no doubts about the... read more »

Rob Smedley has said Valtteri Bottas showed 'incredible race craft' in the British Grand Prix and that he couldn't have asked for anything more from the Finn. read more »

Williams' Valtteri Bottas achieved his best ever race result and a second consecutive podium in an eventful British Grand Prix today. Felipe Massa was forced to retire... read more »

Rob Smedley took responsibility for the call that saw Williams fall at the first hurdle in British GP qualifying but reckons the occasional wrong step on their... read more »

Rob Smedley says Williams took a risk during Q1 for the British Grand Prix because it was aiming to challenge for pole position read more »

Williams' Head of Performance Engineering Rob Smedley has admitted that the British team miscalculated its timings during qualifying for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. read more »

Williams' Rob Smedley has held his hand up after things went horribly wrong for the team in qualifying at Silverstone... read more »

Friday FIA press conference from Silverstone with Gerry Hughes, Rob White, James Key, Pat Symonds, Adrian Newey and Jonathan Neale. read more »

Today's press conference with Gerry Hughes, James Key, Jonathan Neale, Adrian Newey, Pat Symonds and Rob White. read more »

Gerry Hughes, Rob White, James Key, Pat Symonds, Adrian Newey, Jonathan Neale attended Friday's British GP press conference... read more »

Felipe Massa is able to perform better than he has for years because the atmosphere at Williams is helping him, reckons Rob Smedley. read more »

Rob Smedley has told his Williams team that it should be approaching every grand prix weekend expecting to be competitive read more »

The Williams Formula 1 team must learn to become a frontrunner again so it can properly capitalise on opportunities like its Austrian Grand Prix pace, according to Rob Smedley read more »

Not even halfway through the 2014 season, Renault is having to acknowledge it will not catch up with V6 pacesetters Mercedes. That, according to the French marque's F1... read more »

Rob Smedley has refuted suggestions that Williams have lost points throughout this year's Championship through poor tactics... read more »

Williams has not let any more points slip through its fingers in 2014 than its F1 rivals, according to head of vehicle performance Rob Smedley. read more »

Rob White has warned Renault's teams not to expect any great gains this season due to regulatory reasons... read more »

Rob Smedley has urged Williams to learn from "little details" to be fully competitive at the front of the field read more »

Rob Smedley says he is happy with third and fourth in Austria because Williams knew it risked a double retirement if it tried to challenge Mercedes for victory read more »

Rob Smedley admits he was left with "a slight twinge of disappointment" after Williams was unable to win the Austrian Grand Prix read more »

Renault shares Christian Horner's belief that the current engine performance is not acceptable, according to Renault Sport F1's Rob White read more »

Rob Smedley is adamant Williams are not disappointed with their third and fourth places in the Austrian GP as the win was never the target... read more »

Rob Smedley says Nico Rosberg is not the focus for Williams in the Austrian Grand Prix despite starting with both cars on the front row read more »

Rob Smedley says Williams' focus is not on beating Nico Rosberg at the Austrian Grand Prix, but finishing ahead of the teams it is close to in the championship read more »

Rob Smedley says Williams did not compromise their race pace in order to achieve pole position for Sunday's Austrian GP... read more »