Rob Smedley has heaped praise on Valtteri Bottas following his display at the British GP, describing his performance as "exceptional"... read more »

Williams' head of vehicle performance Rob Smedley says Valtteri Bottas has the potential to "become an exceptional driver" read more »

The Williams Formula 1 team was taken aback by how competitive its car was in the British Grand Prix, according to its head of performance engineering Rob Smedley read more »

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 »