“I wouldn’t consider it a mini-Mercedes,” says James Vowles of his vision for Williams after being made team principal last week. But it would be advisable to treat his words with an element of caution. For one, the ex-Mercedes Formula 1 chief strategist uttered them in a media call organised by Mercedes, during which he featured alongside Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff, and the pair spent plenty of time talking about their life together at, er, Mercedes…
It’s easy to be flippant. The Three-Pointed Star made a conscious effort to control
