Massa almost back to his best now – Smedley
31-year-old Massa’s form was so low earlier this season that some seasoned pundits were predicting Ferrari would have to oust him long before his contract expires at the end of the year.
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Tag Archive: Rob Smedley
Jul 04
Felipe Massa is now almost back to his best form, the Brazilian’s race engineer Rob Smedley insists.
Jan 11
Steve Clark moves from Mercedes to Ferrari – reports
The Ferrari team is congregating this week at Madonna di Campiglio, an Italian ski resort, for its annual pre-season media event.
One of the first pieces of news to emerge from the Dolomites is the move from Mercedes of Steve Clark to the famous Italian squad. Briton Clark was Brackley based Mercedes GP’s highly respected senior technical advisor.
Sep 07
Ferrari duo to attend team orders hearing by video
After Wednesday’s hearing, it is expected the verdict will be published later that day.
Ferrari race drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will address Wednesday’s FIA disciplinary hearing by video link. It emerged last week that the pair, accused of obeying illegal team orders by swapping places at Hockenheim in July, had been summoned to the World Motor Sport Council session in Paris.
Aug 05
New radio evidence supports Ferrari team order charge
Language was in fact a pre-arranged code that Massa understood
New radio evidence might indicate that Ferrari will have a difficult task convincing the FIA that it did not deploy illegal team orders at Hockenheim. The famous Italian team will face the governing body’s new disciplinary panel in Paris in September, after Felipe Massa moved over for his teammate Fernando Alonso during the German race.
Jul 27
Ferrari can ‘relax’ ahead of World Council – Briatore
“I don’t believe Ferrari did anything wrong”
Flavio Briatore does not think Ferrari will be heavily punished by the FIA for the Hockenheim team orders affair. The governing body is set to consider the matter no later than September 10 at its scheduled World Motor Sport Council meeting in Como, Italy.
Jul 25
Team order scandal erupts as Ferrari wins in Germany (updated³)
Ferrari summoned by stewards amid team orders scandal
Ferrari fined $100,000, to face FIA World Council
Ferrari not appealing stewards’ team order verdict
Sunday’s German grand prix began amid a burgeoning flexible wing saga, and ended with a new scandal about team orders. After a team one-two, and soaked in champagne, Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali was hounded in the Hockenheim pitlane by reporters accusing him of illegally ordering Felipe Massa to hand his victory to Fernando Alonso.
Convalescing Ferrari driver Felipe Massa’s regular race engineer Rob Smedley will work with Luca Badoer at the European grand prix and beyond, it emerged on Thursday. 
The Brazilian benefitted from a very light fuel load to dominate qualifying in Singapore.