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

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!

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