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 Felipe Massa and his race engineer Rob Smedley 1997-1998 : suspension engineer Peugeot (BTCC) 1999 : engineer in the test team – Williams (BTCC) 2000 : track engineer in Formula 3000 2001 : data acquisition engineer – Jordan Grand Prix (F1) 2002-2003 : track engineer – Jordan Grand Prix (F1) 2004-2005 : engineer in the test team – Scuderia Ferrari (F1) 2006-present : race engineer to Felipe Massa – Scuderia Ferrari (F1)  Sebastian Vettel and his race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin 1993-1995: Engineer of the Research Unit – Reynard Racing Cars 1995-1999: Chief Engineer, Research and Development – Reynard Racing Cars 1999-2000: track engineer – British American Racing (F1) 2000-2001: track engineer – PacWest Racing (CART) 2002-2005: Senior Engineer – Newman-Haas Racing (CART / Champ Car) 2006-2010: track engineer – Red Bull Racing (F1)  Michael Schumacher and his race engineer Andy Shovlin Andy Shovlin is the man who talked Jenson Button to the 2009 world championship. He is the senior race engineer for the No.1 Mercedes/Brawn car. After graduating with a PhD in evaluating body roll and suspension settings on military vehicles he was offered a job at BAR in 1998, applying the same theories to a Formula One car. Although he was used to working with 30-tonne trucks, his talent was quickly recognised and in 2000 he was working as deputy race engineer on Olivier Panis’ car. By 2004 he was promoted to chief engineer on Button’s car. Michael Schumacher has been penalised by the race stewards for his overtaking Fernando Alonso in the last turn of the Monaco Grand Prix. Schumacher was handed a drive-through penalty, which is converted after the race into a 20-second time penalty, dropping him from 6 to 12th in the results. Schumacher passed Alonso just as the safety car pulled in at the end of Lap 78. The FIA stewards, which included his old F1 enemy Damon Hill, have deemed the German breached Article 40.13 of the Sporting Regulations, which states that “if the race ends whilst the safety car is deployed it will enter the pit lane at the end of the last lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking.” On 2 March 2010, it was revealed that the US F1 Team, which had held an entry, had stopped work on its 2010 car and would not participate in the 2010 Championship, although their entry has not yet been officially withdrawn. They have asked to defer their entry until the [Continue reading] |
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