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Audi F1 power unit facility branded "second to none" by Rob Smedley

Former Ferrari engineer Rob Smedley has praised Audi's Formula 1 power unit facilities

Motorsport

Rob Smedley reveals why he turned down F1 team principal roles

Rob Smedley has revealed he turned down F1 team principal roles because he was unwilling to be held accountable without having full control of a team

Motorsport

Rob Smedley casts doubt on Haas's chances of becoming F1 frontrunners

Rob Smedley believes Haas's current business model and structure will prevent the team from becoming a frontrunner in Formula 1

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Otmar Szafnauer tells Ferrari to 'leave Charles Leclerc alone' amid Lewis Hamilton battle

Otmar Szafnauer has urged Ferrari to leave Charles Leclerc alone rather than intervene with a formal mid-season discussion

Motorsport

Ferrari staff see Michael Schumacher similarities in Lewis Hamilton, says former engineer

Rob Smedley says Ferrari personnel see similarities between Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher

Motorsport

Lando Norris branded "the real deal" after showing mental resilience

Rob Smedley has praised Lando Norris’s speed, consistency and mental resilience, insisting the McLaren driver is “the real deal”

Motorsport

George Russell urged to rediscover "flow state" in F1 title chase

Rob Smedley believes George Russell must stop overthinking his 2026 title challenge and rediscover his natural rhythm to close the gap to Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli

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Ferrari faces Lewis Hamilton-Charles Leclerc decision after British GP victory, says Rob Smedley

Rob Smedley believes Ferrari may need to prioritise Lewis Hamilton over Charles Leclerc to maximise its chances of beating Mercedes to the 2026 drivers’ championship

Motorsport

Ferrari Insider Reveals Team is 'Over the Moon' as Lewis Hamilton Plots Historic Michael Schumacher Story

Rob Smedley says Ferrari staff are 'over the moon' with Lewis Hamilton after his first win for the team in Barcelona, and believes the Briton could yet write a Michael Schumacher‑style story in red.

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Kimi Antonelli branded "generational talent" after dominant 2026 F1 start

Rob Smedley claims he noticed Kimi Antonelli was a “generational talent” during the junior formulas

Motorsport

Lewis Hamilton hailed after Canadian GP drive that 'got inside Charles Leclerc's head'

Lewis Hamilton’s Canadian Grand Prix performance has been championed as a sign of renewed freedom and pace

Motorsport

Rob Smedley slams slow F1 pitwall responses as "unacceptable"

Rob Smedley has criticised modern race engineers who take too long to give drivers vital answers, arguing that indecision and a lack of technical understanding are unacceptable in F1

Motorsport

Rob Smedley sounds alarm on "slightly soul-destroying" Ferrari F1 upgrades

Rob Smedley has warned Ferrari may be entering a “negative loop” with its upgrades after McLaren gained more performance at the Miami GP

Motorsport

Rob Smedley issues warning over potential Oscar Piastri Red Bull move

Rob Smedley has warned that drivers leaving top Formula 1 teams to become number one elsewhere rarely find the success or happiness they expect

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7,000 children, one British F4 seat: The karting league tearing up motorsport’s money problem

SPECIAL REPORT: FAT Karting League offers entry seats with a 95% discount. This weekend, a 16-year-old from Chicago makes his fully-funded British F4 debut. And the series has one fundamental target: dismantling motorsport’s old order. Kieran Jackson reports

Autosport

Wolny chosen as inaugural winner of FAT Racing F4 Shootout

American Jackson Wolny has secured fully-funded season in British F4 this year with Xcel Motorsport after impressing in five-day shootout

Motorsport

Rob Smedley explains the mindset that makes Max Verstappen the "ultimate competitor"

Rob Smedley has hailed Max Verstappen as “the ultimate competitor”, praising his relentless self-motivation and drive to keep pushing the gap to his rivals

Motorsport

Rob Smedley warns Ferrari pressure can "break" top engineers as Lewis Hamilton adapts

Rob Smedley says Ferrari’s unique culture and relentless pressure can overwhelm even top engineers and warns Lewis Hamilton isn’t immune as he adapts to life at Maranello

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Rob Smedley on Lewis Hamilton's race engineer swap and the habit that "pains" him

Rob Smedley says a key trait of a top race engineer is having immediate answers for the driver

Autosport

Finalists chosen for inaugural FAT Racing shootout to secure F4 drive

Contest created by Rob Smedley to offer a funded season in British Formula 4 to a driver from a humble background

The Independent UK

Lewis Hamilton is a driver ‘reborn’ at Ferrari – so can he make history with an eighth title?

NEW F1 SEASON: Speaking to ex-Ferrari drivers and personnel ahead of Hamilton’s Scuderia debut in Australia this weekend, Kieran Jackson takes a deep dive into the biggest transfer in F1 history and asks: is an eighth title possible?

Autosport

The new karting league aiming to tackle F1's representation problem

Sobering. That’s the word I’d use to describe what it’s been like since I took the decision in 2019 to step away from working directly with Formula 1 teams and discover what it’s like in the outside world.

Motorsport

Miami GP radio controversies are latest in F1's complex history with team orders

Drivers like Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz let their disdain for their respective teams show over team radio at the Miami Grand Prix, with the latter falling foul to a team orders mix-up that meant he lost out to his team-mate in the race.

Autosport

Times F1 team-mates were not equal – car changes and team orders

Williams has made the decision to put Albon into Sargeant’s car for the remainder of the weekend after the British-Thai driver suffered a big crash at Turn 6 in Melbourne.

TechRadar

Taking the lead - how Formula 1 is turning to AWS to help its next generation of fans get closer to the action

Formula 1 is in a golden era, but technology partners like AWS can help take it even further, Rob Smedley tells us.

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