Ferrari’s British GP Qualifying Gaffe Shows Big-Time Mentality with Midfield Car

Earlier this week, Rob Smedley, Felipe Massa's former race engineer at Ferrari, explained the route that Williams—his new employers—must take to return to winning ways. Massa and his teammate Valtteri Bottas had secured the team's first front-row lockout since 2003 at last month's Austrian Grand Prix—but a conservative strategy, on a day when Williams had the car to challenge the all-conquering Mercedes for victory, led to Massa and Bottas slipping to fourth and third, respectively, by the chequered flag. Having won only one race in the last decade, Smedley implied that Williams' mindset played a large role in the team's fall down the order at the Red Bull Ring, telling Ben Anderson of Autosport: I think we have...

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