Felipe Massa has defended Williams’ decision to appeal his disqualification from the Brazilian grand prix. The FIA said Massa was excluded from the results because a tyre on his car ...
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Williams to appeal Massa disqualification
Williams is appealing Felipe Massa’s disqualification from the Brazilian grand prix. The stewards stripped the Brazilian of his eighth place finish because a tyre had been measured by the FIA ...
Read More »Massa’s glass is half full in 2015
For Felipe Massa, 2015 so far is like a glass half-full. The empty half is that Williams – last year a main rival to title-winner Mercedes – has fallen behind ...
Read More »Williams settled for Mercedes defeat – Smedley
Williams settled for defeat to Mercedes in Austria, despite dominating qualifying at the Red Bull Ring. Chief engineer Rob Smedley told Spain’s EFE news agency that the Grove team was ...
Read More »Smedley joins Williams team in Bahrain
Rob Smedley is finally starting work at Williams. More than a month ago, the British team confirmed long speculation the 40-year-old Briton, famous for his close relationship with Felipe Massa ...
Read More »Smedley joins Massa at Williams
Williams on Tuesday finally confirmed long speculation Rob Smedley is joining the British team. It has been a poorly-kept paddock secret that the 40-year-old, famous for his close relationship with ...
Read More »Smedley won’t be Massa’s race engineer at Williams
Felipe Massa will not be reuniting with his usual race engineer in 2014. There has been speculation that, because both Brazilian Massa and his well-known, long-time race engineer Rob Smedley ...
Read More »Ferrari plays down Massa’s team orders defiance
Ferrari has played down Felipe Massa’s refusal to obey a direct team order in Sunday’s Japanese grand prix. While running ahead of teammate Fernando Alonso at Suzuka, Brazilian Massa – ...
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