James Vowles

Williams have appointed former Mercedes strategy director James Vowles as their new team principal ahead of the 2023 Formula 1 season.

"He is one of the most highly-respected talents in Formula 1 and will bring performance. The team has tremendous potential, and our journey together starts in a matter of weeks." Vowles also said that the team has no immediate plans to fill the chief executive position that Capito had also held. "I cannot wait to start with Williams Racing," Vowles said. Mercedes have also been Williams' engine supplier since 2014. [Red Bull latest to reveal F1 launch date: Who's left?](https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/12773843/formula-1-in-2023-when-will-each-team-launch-their-car-for-new-season) [Andretti slams F1 'greed' amid entry row

The leading constructors' director of strategy has been seen as key to Mercedes' success and Lewis Hamilton congratulated Vowles on an 'amazing' ...

“I have no doubt that Mohammed [ben Sulayem, FIA president] and the FIA mean well, to achieve the right things but it is about aligning that with the drivers that have spoken out in the past. I have no doubt that when people sit round the table together things will not appear as harsh as when they are written down in the off season.” That’s a level of motivation that is going to keep me going for years and years, I am confident of that.” However Vowles has been involved in the planning for members of his strategy team to step up and Wolff believes Mercedes have sufficient strength in depth. Vowles joins a Williams team who have finished last in four of the past five seasons despite their successful heritage, with nine constructors’ titles and seven drivers’ championships between 1980 and 1997. “Perhaps I am being carried away with the excitement of wanting to start this,” he said.

Williams' new principal James Vowles said after his appointment on Friday that the struggling former champions would be no Mercedes 'B' team in Formula One.

That's why James is going to do what's good for the team, what's good for James in order to bring that forward. "This is about me standing on my own two legs and making success with an organisation around me." "We never interfered into some kind of driver situation.

Vowles named team principal at once-mighty Williams. Formula 1 team.

It will enter this season with a partially revised driver lineup of Alexander Albon and American rookie Logan Sargeant, the country’s first driver on the grid since Alexander Rossi in 2015. Williams has tremendous potential, and our journey together starts in a matter of weeks.” “It's an honor to join a team with such an incredibly rich heritage,” said Vowles.

Mercedes F1 driver George Russell has posted an emotional farewell to James Vowles to his social media after Williams announced that the latter is joining ...

"I cannot wait to start with Williams Racing. The team announced at the Austin Grand Prix that they had offered American driver during his rookie season with the team. See you in Bahrain!" Vowles has been with the Mercedes team for a couple of decades. [Mercedes](https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings/news/lewis-hamilton-news-bernie-ecclestones-surprising-secret-behind-champs-mercedes-entrance) F1 driver [George Russell](https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings/news/f1-news-mika-hakkinen-believes-george-russell-can-stay-ahead-of-lewis-hamilton-lm22) has posted an emotional farewell to [James Vowles](https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings/news/f1-news-williams-confirm-new-team-principal-after-jost-capito-exit-lm22) to his social media after [Williams](https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings/news/f1-news-williams-are-sixth-team-to-confirm-2023-car-release-date-lm22) announced that the latter is joining as team principal on 20th February.

Newly-appointed Williams team principal James Vowles insists the team will not become a "mini-Mercedes" following his move from the Silver Arrows.

And it's not that suddenly a big weakness has been created." "We always understood the authority of the team management in their own way and that's why James is going to do what's good for the team. "We have an extremely talented team of strategists. This is about me standing on my own two legs and making a success with an organisation around me." "I suspect a lot of it was that… "I wouldn't consider it a mini-Mercedes," Vowles said on Friday.

Few expected former Mercedes strategist James Vowles to be named new Williams F1 team principal, but his career gives him the ideal experience to turn ...

“I suspect a lot of it was if you go back a few years we didn’t have the strength that is Dorilton. Williams and Mercedes couldn’t be much further apart at the moment, as he heads to the team at the bottom of the constructors’ standings from one that has won eight of the past nine titles. But Vowles has been at Brackley for much longer than Mercedes has had its star above the door.

James will join the team on 20 February, ahead of the first Grand Prix in Bahrain. He has been instrumental in securing nine F1 Constructors' championships ( ...

He has been a key part of some of the most impressive feats in the sport over the past 15 years. He is one of the most highly respected talents in Formula 1 and will bring performance. British-born Vowles joins Williams after a 21-year career in Formula 1 so far, with his most recent role as Motorsport Strategy Director at Mercedes, a position he held for over four years.

Mercedes director of strategy James Vowles will join Williams as team principal on Feb. 20, filling the vacant position left by Jost Capito last month.

"He has been a key part of some of the most impressive feats in the sport over the past 15 years. Williams has tremendous potential, and our journey together starts in a matter of weeks." Matthew Savage, chairman of owners Dorilton, said: "We are delighted to welcome James to Williams Racing. "Mercedes have been hugely supportive on my journey, and we part on excellent terms after over 20 years of working in Brackley. "It's an honour to join a team with such an incredibly rich heritage. However, he stood back from hands-on involvement in strategy decisions midway through 2022 to work in a wider managerial role and had long been tasked with overseeing its young driver programme.