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Williams confirm another 2018 departure

Williams have confirmed that Rob Smedley will leave his role as the team's head of performance engineering at the end of 2018. The beleaguered British squad have undergone several changes behind the scenes this year as they have struggled badly for results. The nine-time constructors' campions will finish comfortable bottom of the constructors' standings at the end of 2018, having accrued just seven points in 19 races. Dirk de Beer and Ed Wood lost their jobs as head of aerodynamics and chief designer respectively in May over Williams' dreadful start to the campaign, but it appears that former Ferrari man Smedley is departing under his own steam. "I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at...
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