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[1Lemon]

No Alonso in the last list!

That list is flawed, non are Poles!

Kubica would own that stat!

I miss Kubica in F1

[What's Burning?]

Anyone looking forward to Massa's return from retirement?

[sagi58]

Anyone looking forward to Massa's return from retirement?

Didn't he do that after his accident?

[sagi58]

One other question that seems to need answering is what will Rob Smedley do, if he's not Massa's engineer?
Apparently, when he was interviewed a couple of years ago, he was asked that very question and this is his reply:

Rob Smedley talks future plans and charity dinners on BBC Tees

...New challenges
Next, the conversation turned to a subject that Rob was expecting - what would happen if Felipe left the team. Would Rob follow Massa to whichever team he chose next, and where might that be?

I’m contracted to Ferrari, not Felipe. We have a good working relationship and I enjoy working with him, he’s a good lad. I think it’s a very easy working relationship, that’s why it’s lasted so long. But Felipe’s his own man, and I’m my own man. I’m contracted to Ferrari until the end of 2012.

From what they tell me, they’ve got plans for me, whether they’re good and bad. To be honest, I’m coming to the end of my career as a race engineer. I don’t want to be the oldest race engineer in the pitlane. I’m not at the minute. I think it’s probably gonna be time, towards the end of next year or this year, that I start doing something else.

You need new challenges and you need to have a different outlook on things, different responsibilities and whatnot. I think Ferrari are quite happy for me to do something like that... I wouldn’t follow him to a team, I think I’m coming to the natural end of that part of my career, and it’s time to move onwards and upwards...



Full interview here: http://sidepodcast.com/post/rob-smedley ... n-bbc-tees

[racechick]

I'd heard a whisper he was headed to Williams...Smedley that is.

[Jabberwocky]

I had never really thought of engineers having a time frame for things

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[ptiberio]

Anyone looking forward to Massa's return from retirement?

There is a Brazilian Stock car with his name on it..since he prefers living in Brazil it suits him just fine

[ptiberio]

Felipe Massa.Org wrote:">
Ferrari: Grand Prix
1. Michael Schumacher, 179
2. Felipe Massa, 132
3. Rubens Barrichello, 102
4. Gerhard Berger, 96
5. Michele Alboreto, 80
6. Jean Alesi, 79

Ferrari: Wins
1. Michael Schumacher, 72
2. Niki Lauda, 15
3. Alberto Ascari, 13
4. Felipe Massa, 11
5. Fernando Alonso, 11
6. Rubens Barrichello/Kimi Raikkonen, 9

Ferrari: Poles
1. Michael Schumacher, 58
2. Niki Lauda, 23
3. Felipe Massa, 15
4. Alberto Ascari, 13
5. Jacky Ickx, 11
6. Rubens Barrichello, 11

So who is giving thumbs up with having 132 starts with Ferrari and your record is 11 wins and 13 poles?

That's not the typw of record as a Ferrari driver that I would be proud of....now what has he done over the past 3 years?

That record hurts even more

[ptiberio]

I'd heard a whisper he was headed to Williams...Smedley that is.

Does he plan on doing some gardening ouside the Willimas facility?

[sagi58]

So who is giving thumbs up with having 132 starts with Ferrari and your record is 11 wins and 13 poles?

That's not the typw of record as a Ferrari driver that I would be proud of....now what has he done over the past 3 years?

That record hurts even more

I used the to highlight Massa's scoring. I couldn't find a little arrow!!

[ptiberio]

So who is giving thumbs up with having 132 starts with Ferrari and your record is 11 wins and 13 poles?

That's not the typw of record as a Ferrari driver that I would be proud of....now what has he done over the past 3 years?

That record hurts even more

I used the to highlight Massa's scoring. I couldn't find a little arrow!!

Over the last several years Massa's points total have had no highlights just his

[andrew]

I'd heard a whisper he was headed to Williams...Smedley that is.

Does he plan on doing some gardening ouside the Willimas facility?

That'll be Alonso once Raikkonen has owned him next season.

[Jabberwocky]

James Allen seems to think Smedley is Williams bound as well.

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[ptiberio]

James Allen seems to think Smedley is Williams bound as well.

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And Kimi's race engineer Mark Slade to Ferrari

[sagi58]

James Allen seems to think Smedley is Williams bound as well.

And Kimi's race engineer Mark Slade to Ferrari

So, no more "baby" talk and only serious "leave me alone" stuff?