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[CSinUK]

Anybody know where Rob Smedley (Massa's Engineer) is from? He sounds like he's from my part of the world and just wondered if anybody out there knows.

Thanks

[Josta]

Originally posted by CSinUK
Anybody know where Rob Smedley (Massa's Engineer) is from? He sounds like he's from my part of the world and just wondered if anybody out there knows.

Thanks

The UK.

[kar]

Originally posted by Josta


The UK.

With his accent I would say leeds, or somewhere in Yorkshire.

[Chiara]

Originally posted by kar


With his accent I would say leeds, or somewhere in Yorkshire.

Nope he's Mancunian

[kar]

Originally posted by Chiara


Nope he's Mancunian

Well, anywhere north of Watford nants, is 'up norf' to me, Lancashire, Yorkshire all the damn same :-)

[BuonoBruttoCattivo]

Originally posted by CSinUK
Anybody know where Rob Smedley (Massa's Engineer) is from? He sounds like he's from my part of the world and just wondered if anybody out there knows.

Thanks

How hard is it to google it? Why start a thread? Seriously now...

[Chiara]

Originally posted by kar


Well, anywhere north of Watford nants, is 'up norf' to me, Lancashire, Yorkshire all the damn same :-)

Yeah well your better off not saying that to a Manc they don't like being compared to us Yorkshire folk ;)

[Ross Stonefeld]

Originally posted by BuonoBruttoCattivo


How hard is it to google it? Why start a thread? Seriously now...

It's not like he criticised him, calm the **** down.

[dank]

Rob Smedley


Dean Lennox-Kelly

[rolf123]

I have heard he's from Manchester, and yet his accent is North-East, definitely not Mancunian.

[The July Plot]

Got to say I thought he was a Manc, sure I heard Brundle, or Blundell say that at some point. Either way he is beginning to challenge Pat Symonds as the paddock rent a gob for ITV! lol

[Chiara]

Originally posted by The July Plot
Got to say I thought he was a Manc, sure I heard Brundle, or Blundell say that at some point. Either way he is beginning to challenge Pat Symonds as the paddock rent a gob for ITV! lol

He's definitely Manc ;) trust me on that one

And at least he is better looking than Pat Symonds

[Kop Alonso]

Originally posted by Chiara


He's definitely Manc ;) trust me on that one

And at least he is better looking than Pat Symonds

Trust you ...er no ....

Rob is actually from Normanby near Middlesborough.......

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[Chiara]

Originally posted by Kop Alonso



Trust you ...er no ....

Rob is actually from Normanby near Middlesborough.......

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Isn't that where he lives now? I'd read in a few places that he was born in Manchester.....

http://www.italiaspe...sh/preview.html

[Kop Alonso]

No he lives in Italy now....


He went to school & college in Middlesborough...then Loughborough University....

[archstanton]

rob was born in manchester, but lives in normanby (when not in italy).

if you are local, have a think about this ... even if you're not, still have a think about it.

http://www.minniesparty.co.uk/

[Chiara]

Originally posted by Kop Alonso
No he lives in Italy now....


He went to school & college in Middlesborough...then Loughborough University....

I'm well aware of the fact he nows live in Italy probably something to do with his job, maybe.... allegedly

[Kop Alonso]

Well you were not aware he is definetly not Manc were you ...?

Here this may enlighten you ..very sad...


http://www.gazetteli...84229-20499169/

[undersquare]

Originally posted by Kop Alonso
Well you were not aware he is definetly not Manc were you ...?

Here this may enlighten you ..

What's the matter with you? When someone says "where is Rob Smedley from" do you think they mean somewhere he moved to - Italy/Loughborough/Middlesborough - or where he was born?

Who said this tricky subject didn't need a thread?

[Chiara]

Originally posted by undersquare


What's the matter with you? When someone says "where is Rob Smedley from" do you think they mean somewhere he moved to - Italy/Loughborough/Middlesborough - or where he was born?

Who said this tricky subject didn't need a thread?

I know tricky indeed!

Well you know I have to admit I was completely wrong. Last night after a few glasses of wine in celebration of Felipe's win I took it upon myself to find out from the horse's mouth so to speak - woke up this morning thinking "oh god what have I done?" anyway I got an unexpected lovely reply back from Rob - and he says he is definitely from Middlesbrough and the reporting of him being from Manchester in several places is wrong.....hope this clears up the argument for us ;)

What a lovely man he is

[undersquare]

Originally posted by Chiara


I know tricky indeed!

Well you know I have to admit I was completely wrong. Last night after a few glasses of wine in celebration of Felipe's win I took it upon myself to find out from the horse's mouth so to speak - woke up this morning thinking "oh god what have I done?" anyway I got an unexpected lovely reply back from Rob - and he says he is definitely from Middlesbrough and the reporting of him being from Manchester in several places is wrong.....hope this clears up the argument for us ;)

What a lovely man he is

Oh well, just goes to show ! He doesn't sound Middlesborough though does he?

Top bloke anyway, as you say, positive about everyone, talks to the TV for us and evidently to individual fans too.

There's an article from last year about his role here...http://www.topgear.c...ories/14/1.html

which contains the wonderful engineers' view of drivers..."the driver is another tool"

[Chiara]

Strange thing is I never told him we were having an argument....... : LOL.

So how did he know?

[whatto999]

Originally posted by Chiara

Well you know I have to admit I was completely wrong. Last night after a few glasses of wine in celebration of Felipe's win I took it upon myself to find out from the horse's mouth so to speak - woke up this morning thinking "oh god what have I done?"

That explains some things...

[rolf123]

I knew he was from the North East. I was born in Manchester and lived there for around 15 years. His accent is definintely North-East rather than North-West.

What someone said about 'Boro adds up completely.

[Kop Alonso]

Yep he definetly has a Smoggy accent ....

;)

[boroboy_92]

Anybody know where Rob Smedley (Massa's Engineer) is from? He sounds like he's from my part of the world and just wondered if anybody out there knows.

Thanks

He's from middlesbrough along with me
brought up in south bank
Just shows what can be achieved if you want it

[shonguiz]

I thought he was scottish.

[chdphd]

You need the talent as well

[Blythy]

No he lives in Italy now....


He went to school & college in Middlesborough...then Loughborough University....

yeah!!

[ensign14]

He's a smogga.

[werks prototype]

So long as he comes home soon like Ross. Take your pick Rob, McLaren, Williams or Brawn.

[Phucaigh]

It was said on the radio yesterday when Felipe Baby was mentioned that Rob Smedley is from Yorkshire.....

ok he is from England, at least we have narrowed it down to that much and the northern half of England to go even further....

[Kop Alonso]

he was born & raised in Normanby near Middlesborough , not Yarkshire...

[Vitesse2]

Historically - apart from a few years between 1968 and 1995 - Middlesbrough has always been in Yorkshire. Before 1968 it was in the North Riding, but then became part of the new Teesside County Borough: this was absorbed into the new county of Cleveland in 1974. When Cleveland was abolished in 1995, Middlesborough became an unitary authority within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.

http://en.wikipedia....i/Middlesbrough

[Tony Matthews]

He's not from Stevenage, if that helps...

[Blythy]

he was born & raised in Normanby near Middlesborough , not Yarkshire...

Middlesborough, is, lets face it, just a small town in yorkshire

[Lifew12]

I hope kar now understands there are places further north than Leeds.....

[Gilles12]

It's just that no one wants to go there

[Lifew12]

It's just that no one wants to go there

That's precisely the way we intend to keep it, too.

[Gilles12]

Keep it

You're more than welcome to it

[Lifew12]

Keep it

You're more than welcome to it

Thanks! I take it you've experienced the joys of the North East, then?

[Gilles12]

Thanks! I take it you've experienced the joys of the North East, then?

I've experienced the North East, yes

Alas, not with much joy

[Imperial]

And where are you from, Paradise?

Edited by Imperial, 09 May 2009 - 11:29.

[Lifew12]

And where are you from, Paradise?

My thoughts too: somewhere where the streets are paved with gold, I would guess. It's much better being up here among all the pits, the whippets, the slag heaps and the coal dust, choking on toxic fumes all day and walking 20 miles a day to work as we can;t afford cars. Exotic food up here = rice. it's that bad.

[Gilles12]

And where are you from, Paradise?

The gap between paradise and the North East isn't a small one

Most of the places I've lived and worked in Europe fit into that gap - closer to paradise end of this spectrum

[Lifew12]

The gap between paradise and the North East isn't a small one

Most of the places I've lived and worked in Europe fit into that gap - closer to paradise end of this spectrum

'The North East' is a pretty big area - it's sort of to the North, and the East of England. Your experience of it will undoubtedly have been limited, but then that's OK. Having lived and worked in the Great Capital of London, and in beautiful Oslo, and lived in - variously - Cheshire, Manchester, the Isle of Man and Kent, I wouldn't swap this idyllic semi-rural existence for anything. I'm ten minutes from the most fun city I've ever known (although the football team is crap), five minutes walk from the most glorious coastline in the country, and in shouting distance of a selection of proper, traditional English pubs. What more do I need?

[Tony Matthews]

I'm ten minutes from the most fun city I've ever known (although the football team is crap), five minutes walk from the most glorious coastline in the country, and in shouting distance of a selection of proper, traditional English pubs. What more do I need?

Are you near Stevenage? Oops, sorry, didn't see that bit about the coast...

[Lifew12]

Are you near Stevenage? Oops, sorry, didn't see that bit about the coast...

Never been to Stevenage!

[Chicken McNuggets]

I'm from the Middlesbrough/Teesside area as well, quite a pleasant surprise to hear Smedley was, actually, when I first heard it here. The North East's a mixed bag IMO, but then so are many other places. I've travelled around enough, and you always lose something elsewhere in exchange for what you gain. This thread's not going to be open for much longer if we don't keep talking about Rob, though. I suppose with the common link considered, Massa and Ferrari should be my second favourite driver/team...

And Cleveland was abolished in 1996, I believe.

Edited by Chicken McNuggets, 09 May 2009 - 12:03.

[Imperial]

Not that I want to tar anyone from southern England with the same brush (there is in fact far worse poverty in the south that would make your eyes bleed) but it's clear that there are still some absolutely ridiculous attitudes to the north of England as a whole, as evidenced by some dumb **** on The Apprentice this week who while miserably failing to sell a new product to a petshop in Liverpool said "You have to remember this is a northern petshop. People here don't earn such high wages".

I would have been incredulous had it not been so laughable. All she was trying to sell was a dog lead !! You'd think she was comparing wages in London to wages in Lahore, not Liverpool.

Anyway, back on topic eh....