Felipe Massa’s long-time Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley has joined the Brazilian at Williams. The Englishman, whose voice has become familiar to fans all over the world because of his conversations with Massa over race radio, has been appointed to the newly-created role of head of vehicle performance and will join the Grove-based team prior to the Bahrain race in April. A statement on Williams’ website said Smedley’s arrival will “strengthen the trackside team whilst also supporting the development work back at the factory to help bring more performance to the car throughout the season.”Massa will be engineered by Andrew Murdoch in 2014, whilst Jonathan...
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