Question: Facts: - sport: formula one - caption: at the 2010 canadian grand prix - team: williams martini racing - country: united kingdom - birth date: 28 november 1973 - name: rob smedley - nationality: gbr british - image: rob smedley canada 2010.png - birth place: middlesbrough , england Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rob smedley .
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rob smedley -lrb- born 28 november 1973 in normanby , middlesbrough , england -rrb- is the head of vehicle performance at the williams martini racing formula one team .prior to joining williams , he was the race engineer for felipe massa at ferrari .after 8 years , both moved to williams ; smedley as head of vehicle performance , and massa as driver .smedley 's radio transmissions to massa have even achieved cult status , with many ferrari fans putting his messages on their mobile phones as ringtones .