Former Formula 1 engineer Rob Smedley is turning his attention to helping motorsport become a more diverse environment, but says there’s still a long way to go
Since leaving Formula 1, I’ve been able to devote more energy to my passion for broadening participation in motorsport. The penny is dropping: as a community, we’re recognising that we have to do things that are genuine and impactful. But are we doing enough? Absolutely not. We’re not doing anywhere near enough. I always say that if you’re going to make fundamental change in anything, it has to become part of the fabric of what you’re doing.
When in F1 Smedley was an advocate for creating a diverse engineering group at his teams Photo by: Andre Vor / Sutton Images When I was employing engineers in F1 teams, I used to try, on a meritocratic basis, to get a good gender balance. When you get young guys recently out of university, in what is quite a male-dominated sport, you can create some quite alpha-male robots, which is not good for any kind of business culture.
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