The Man Changing the Future of Karting: Rob Smedley on Making Racing Accessible, Lewis' Future at Ferrari, What Schumacher Was Really Like, and Why Max and GP Work
The Red Flags Podcast · Red Flags Media
January 13, 20251h 21m
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Show Notes
We have legendary F1 engineer and and karting revolutionary Rob Smedley on the pod to discuss:
- WTF does a race engineer actually do
- Why he loved working with Ross Brawn and Jean Todt
- GP Lambiase's approach to being Max Verstappen's engineer
- Why he's a Fred Vasseur fan
- Working with Felipe Massa
- Why karting is so expensive and how he's making it more accessible
- Working to get more women get into motorsports
- Scouting the next F1 champion
- Why it's important to cry
- What Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher have in common?
- Lewis' move to Ferrari
- And more!!
Learn more about his F.A.T. Karting League!
Thank you to BetMGM and Dollar Shave Club for making this episode possible!
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