“A drug that is missed”

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British automotive engineer Rob Smedley, who at present works for the organizers of System One and has beforehand labored for Scuderia Ferrari as an engineer within the check group and a race engineer for Brazilian driver Felipe Massa, has confirmed that he may be enthusiastic about becoming a member of a group, but he didn’t present extra particulars relating to what could be wanted to tempt him again.

Rob Smedley joined Jordan Grand Prix initially of 1999, the place he labored as a knowledge acquisition engineer, liable for telemetry knowledge utilized by the group’s race engineer and for the 2002 and 2003 System 1 championships he was promoted to a task of monitor engineer for the group. Forward of the the 2004 F1 marketing campaign, he was signed by Scuderia Ferrari: throughout the first yr he labored within the Maranello check group after which grew to become the long-term race engineer to Felipe Massa.

He continued as Felipe Massa’s race engineer on the Italian facet and moved to Williams when Felipe Massa joined them from Ferrari for the 2014 marketing campaign, heading the group’s trackside operations. The British engineer left Williams following the 2018 championship, one season after the Brazilian driver ended his profession in F1.

After leaving Williams, Rob Smedley labored for System 1, first as a advisor and at present because the ‘director of information techniques’. However the former Ferrari man be enthusiastic about returning to the competitors facet with a group?

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He not too long ago revealed that he would certainly have an interest, however identified that he desires to be a part of a group that has a great chance of combating for the race wins and F1 titles, being “dedicated” to that trigger.

Rob Smedley took half in the newest episode of the F1 Nation podcast, alongside ex-Ferrari check driver Pedro de la Rosa, who requested him if he misses race engineering: “No, I don’t miss race engineering, I haven’t race engineered for an extended, very long time now.” – Rob Smedley stated.

“You recognize once I was at Williams, I type of run the entire race group, in order that was a unique expertise. I’ve been public about this a lot of occasions, if the proper undertaking got here up, I might have an interest, in fact I might, nevertheless it’s received to be the proper undertaking. I’m fortunate sufficient that I nonetheless get provides now to return into System 1, however I don’t wish to return into System 1 to make up the numbers, I wish to go to System 1 the place it’s a group that has a powerful chance and is dedicated to successful.” – he added.

Ultimately he as soon as once more highlighted {that a} System 1 comeback for him would have to be with a string group, able to difficult for bold targets:

“You all the time miss that Sunday afternoon, that buzz on a Sunday afternoon, whenever you’re racing and all of the work that the 1000 women and men in your group have executed and also you’re pitting that towards one other competitor, that’s a drug, you possibly can by no means not miss that having skilled it for 20 odd years. However, do I wish to go and make up the numbers? No, thanks.” – Rob Smedley concluded.