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Williams’ Rob Smedley: “It’s not where we really want to be”

Rob Smedley admitted it was a tough end to the season for the Williams Martini Racing team at the Yas Marina Circuit, with Valtteri Bottas retiring with a suspension issue and Felipe Massa concluding his career with a ninth place finish. The Head of Performance Engineering at the Grove-based team was disappointed to end the year with a poor performance in Abu Dhabi, but felt happy that Brazilian driver Massa finished inside the points in his final Grand Prix. “It was a tough race, as we expected it to be,” admitted Smedley. “Unfortunately, Valtteri went out with a rear suspension failure so we will look into that. “Felipe drove a really good race in the car that he had and it was a...
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