Rob Smedley

Yeah.

Hey, Oscar.

It's Rob Smedley.

So the question I wanted to ask you was, what is it like getting managed off my old mate, Mark Webber?

Is he a taskmaster?

And how has your relationship changed with him?

since you came in as a rookie?

I remember just when I started at Force India, Bahrain had some...

fuss and uh nearly cancelled that race but uh we got through it and our first race in saudi uh all the drivers got up in arms because the houthis were there there was some missile that there was unrest wasn't there there was unrest and you could and the drivers or something got attacked exactly which wasn't far away and the smoke from the oil depot the drivers had to uh drive through and

And they all got up in arms and said, we shouldn't be doing this.

But that went through as well.

So I think this is the first time this kind of unrest has stopped a Grand Prix.

A big break for everyone.

Is that what they'll be thinking?

Yeah, and there's upgrade rhythms as well.

You know when you're in the tunnel, you see what comes out of the tunnel, what you got to do next.

Do you put the, especially now with cost gap, do you actually put the parts on the car or do you wait?

Do you package a bigger upgrade before you go?

But I think you're right, Rob.

What this will allow is a big enough break for the teams at the back to bring even bigger upgrades next time they go racing.