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 »

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 »

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 »

Williams needs to keep all of its development plates spinning in a bid to close the gap on Red Bull and Ferrari ahead of the 'great opportunity' presented by 2017,... read more »

Formula 1 was lucky no one was injured when Valtteri Bottas sent a drain grate into the air in final practice for the European GP, says Rob Smedley... read more »

Formula 1 is close to parity between its four engine manufacturers, according to Williams performance chief Rob Smedley read more »

With the FIA carrying out more stringent flexi tests on wings in Montreal, Rob Smedley concedes Ferrari's rear wing is "clearly legal"... read more »

Williams' Head of Performance Engineering Rob Smedley says the squad is disappointed by its pace at the Canadian Grand Prix, after locking out the fourth row of… read more »

Williams has no plans to change its Formula 1 design philosophy away from favouring high-speed circuits despite its slow-track struggles continuing, says performance chief Rob... read more »

Williams performance chief Rob Smedley has declared himself satisfied with the team's progress in Monaco, though regretted not scoring more points in Sunday's… read more »

Williams performance chief Rob Smedley believes his formation of an internal working group has reaped dividends with his team's perfect pitstop performances this Formula 1... read more »

Williams performance chief Rob Smedley is convinced that their cars can perform on various tracks instead of only ones that are power-sensitive... read more »

Williams' head of vehicle performance Rob Smedley says the FW38 will be able to score good results at all types of circuits this year. After three lacklustre results at... read more »

Rob Smedley says Williams feels more confident making aggressive strategy calls this season after seeing a big improvement in pit stop time. Williams has performed the quickest... read more »

According to Williams' head of performance, Rob Smedley, his team's Mercedes-powered car has not given them any headaches in terms of reliability this season... read more »

The Williams Formula 1 team's Russian Grand Prix improvement was genuine progress from upgrades and not just a Mercedes power advantage helping at Sochi, says performance... read more »