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Rob Smedley (born 28 November 1973 in Normanby, Middlesbrough)[1] is the race engineer for Formula One driver Felipe Massa at Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro.
[edit] Biography and careerSmedley attended St Peter's School in South Bank before going to St Mary's Sixth Form College. He lived in Normanby until he was 18, before going to Loughborough University and beginning his rise through the ranks in motorsport.[2] He initially studied a Degree in Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering, before going onto complete a Masters.[3] With his main field of activity in chassis, he began with Peugeot in 1997 where he worked as a suspension design engineer for the touring car team. He then went on to work in Formula 3000 and the Williams touring car team before making his first foray into Formula 1 with the Jordan Grand Prix team. Initially at Jordan, Smedley worked as a data acquisition engineer overviewing all of the telemetric data that was used by the team's race engineer to support the racing driver. Back in 2001[why?] this was a very hands-on job where the engineers could engage in pioneering work on car control systems (such as traction control, launch control, etc). During 2002 and 2003 he went on to be a track engineer for Jordan, before moving to the Ferrari test team at the end of the 2003 season. Smedley initially chose to work on the Ferrari test team because of the possibility to make more technical input, something which is more limited in the race team. In the middle of the 2006 season, he replaced Gabriele Delli Colli as Felipe Massa's race engineer. Almost immediately Massa’s form improved; his previously common errors became less frequent,[4] and in August 2006, Massa took his first Formula One pole position and victory at the Turkish Grand Prix. When Massa headed to the last race of the 2008 Formula One season in Brazil as a championship rival to Lewis Hamilton, he dominated the event, taking the pole position, fastest lap and the race win, but Lewis Hamilton took the title by one point.[5] Following Massa's injury at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, Smedley carried on with the role of race engineer for stand-in drivers Luca Badoer and Giancarlo Fisichella as they took over Massa's seat for the remainder of the 2009 season. On November 27, 2009, Rob Smedley was awarded an honorary degree from Teesside University. He received the degree of Doctor of Professional Studies in a special ceremony at Middlesbrough Town Hall.[6] [edit] Career summary
[edit] Personal lifeSmedley now lives in Italy, due to his work for Ferrari. He is married to Lucy, a former native of Redcar, and has a son, Frankie.[citation needed] The Smedleys hold fundraising events on Teesside to support the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society, SANDS, after the death of their daughter Minnie in 2007.[7] [edit] Trivia
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