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PhD in Vowlesology💙 Williams Racing fan. Me on Letterboxd: https://t.co/ovqOC7pRpA itsmeKristina
Joined September 2019
So who is James Vowles? Let’s dive into his journey from the chief strategist to becoming Williams Racing’s team principal💙🧵
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James Vowles showed that he is one of the bravest people ever, a true leader and simply a great person
what happened in 2018?.
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James talking about Franco💙 about Franco's father selling their house to finance his son's racing career, and how Franco “caught him off guard” with his great results😃
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What😭 hahaha, this is crazy, I see the theory that Franco’s mother has Ukrainian roots so yeah, let’s gooooooo Franco, you have one more country rooting for you!!!!!!😆😆💙💙💙💛💛💛
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“Go form a drs train, good luck to you”: James Vowles, ladies and gentlemen, one of the best strategists in formula 1 history😁
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James shared the news about him and Rachel expecting a baby in the interview for the US SailGP Team: .
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Thank you Franco @FranColapinto for making this season much much better, in all senses! That's awesome how kind and witty, and honest, and talented you are. Thank you for all your hard work and all your efforts for @WilliamsRacing 🫶
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Alex says that Williams’ goal is “to become a top team coming into 2026”👀
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Alex: Carlos is pushing me both on and off the track. In terms of his expectations of the team and where he wants the team to go, it’s definitely something I’m very interested in. He’s obviously got a lot of experience from Ferrari, and he knows where the team needs to improve
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About Carlos: His ability to communicate what’s going on in the car is fantastic, his ability to understand what's going on in the team around him and how to bring them forward, what excellence looks like, what winning looks like, and how to elevate our state from where we are👇
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“He absolutely gets the British humour. He doesn't mind the weather. He wishes it was warmer. But you'd mistake him, apart from the fantastic hair and the tan, for an English person” . Help, JV can't stop praising Carlos’ hair😂
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Aww James said he and Franco still send each other messages every week🥹.
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“Bienvenido, Carlos👋”, yayy, welcoming words from James!!
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“Carlos is really hyper-competitive, definitely don't play him at board games, that's my advice” and “Alex is a joker every day of the week, watch for any practical joke”🤭🤭 JV talking about what warning signs could be placed on Alex's and Carlos’ cars for other drivers
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“When I'm scoring points, I don't mind a boring race” - Alex Albon, Atlassian Williams Racing driver💙
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JV about Franco: ultimately, Franco is my driver that I want back in the car. After a period of time, he'll return to Williams. That period of time is not a line set in stone where I can look you in the eye and say it. But I can say he'll be back to Williams at some point🤧
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James: Happy Birthday, again. Alex: Thanks. I'm getting old! . James: Believe me, it gets worse. 😭😭😭
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He is now much kinder, before he was saying that their systems and infrastructure were from the “Ming dynasty”😂
James telling to the Hot Persuit Podcast that the new simulator is THANKFULLY coming soon bc the simulator and other systems they have are between 15-20 years outdated 😭😭
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On being teammates with Carlos: he's definitely pushing me hard and yeah, we're pushing each other. It's interesting to hear his feedback as well and even the details, you know, when I talk about his knowledge coming from Ferrari, there's things in there that we can take and we
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JV: “Yeah, Franco and I still message once a week. He's a really impressive talent who I really hope makes his way back into a Formula One seat this year
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@kristoffsamm Mistake, yes, but they have technical problems later anyway so everything went wrong there🥲.
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“What a fantastic result, I am over the moon! So happy for the team, and happy for Alex”, finally James doesn't need to start with “a frustrating day for the team”, can't believe this is my life😭
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His mission is to make Williams champions again and this mission is undoubtedly possible💙
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Ok, I start being slightly excited, Carlos looks so confident here, maybe 2025 will actually be good
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“This is about two leaders, which is what Alex and Carlos are, developing the team forward in every regard” 💙🤝🌶️🥰🥰
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New Vowles verdict intro, and it's absolutely stunning🫶
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Carlos in the interview before fp1: . I feel good to be honest. I really like the team. I'm really enjoying myself. I really enjoy the journey that we are on towards getting this team back to the front of the field. 💙💙💙🥹
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@igorlachenkov @tikhondzyadko @RuslanLeviev @teamnavalny я желаю вам видеть его во сне каждую ночь. Горите в аду.
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James Vowles at the navy base?!?!? I'm telling you, this is your new James Bond right here!!!!😻
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Dave Robson on Williams decision to use modified 2024 chassis this year: . We took that decision fairly early on and that allows us to concentrate on other things for this car but also with one eye on the 2026 car. So it saved us a lot of time, saved us a lot of money as well.
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JV: What I like about Carlos is that outside of the car, he's a leader. He can say 10 words, and everyone will follow him in the team…. but when he puts his helmet on, he knows how to win races more than anyone else. In a year when no one else won, Carlos came forward and won💙
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The fact that JV works in Sir Frank's old office always makes me emotional, even though I am a new fan, you just can't not to admire Sir Frank Williams' legacy
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Best Williams’s start to a season since 2016!! JV is cooking👨🍳
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What’s next? A loooong(😭), sometimes painful(😭😭) process of rebuilding a once-great team that now suffering a bit, as you may have noticed😐 but trust me - as someone who follows JV’s career for years, I can tell you - this man will succeed, I have no doubt.
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Carlos was asked what's the most challenging part of driving an F1 car aside from the mental and physical strain, and his answer was very interesting: .I don't think people realize how much the car changes lap to lap. So adaptation is key because you do one lap,the car does one👇
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James Vowles is 45, British, and lives in the UK with his partner Rachel and their little daughter. He grew up in Switzerland, which is why he speaks French fluently. He also knows Spanish and speaks it quite well
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But as a data nerd James quickly figured out that collecting and analyzing data could totally change race strategy. He even created his own tools for it, making him one of the key pioneers of modern F1 strategy, and eventually a famous strategy guru, strategy King, you name it!
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JV about Carlos: the car is faster thanks to the work ethic he's put in and how he really develops with the engineers. And that's why Carlos was my number one target. It's because he's absolutely brilliant at developing teams, and he's really already bringing that to the table.
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JV speaks on f1 drivers with such admiration, but also adds: “They're useless at other things. Alex leaves his keys, his wallet, and his phone in my office every time he passes by. He can't do simple, basic things in life, but he's pretty damn good at driving a racing car”😌
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Dave Robson: still really early days, but yesterday went as well as we could expect, I think. The car ran without any problems. When we were in the garage, it was because we were doing things that we'd planned to do. Both drivers were pretty happy, so yeah, a really good start😌
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JV and Williams drivers today during F1 tribute to the late Eddie Jordan🖤
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@A__Bakulina @matusvallo @McLarenF1 admin, look what a “lovely” person you follow - a so-called “artist” @dcagle who thinks it's funny that russians kill and injure Ukrainian kids every day. Disgusting.
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JV sent letters to every F1 team, asking for a job and got rejected by all of them. Two replies though, from BAR and Williams, weren’t just “no, thank you”, they actually gave him some advice and info, and explained that they don’t need mathematicians in F1, they need engineers
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JV: I'm really confused on this. I thought it was Carbon, then it came Carbonara, then it became Carbono. So I'm unsure where it now resolves, but obviously that's a joint nickname. 🤭
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If I knew so many people would see it I would find this video in better quality😭.
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Monza 2018, Hungary 2019 are among the races that can be called JV strategic masterclasses🤴 And here’s a video that gives you a perfect example of how he and his team used data to make a bold call during 2021 Spanish gp and helped Lewis to secure the win!
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“All the way through – unlike what’s been portrayed, actually – Carlos and I were speaking daily or certainly every few days. There was never a break in communication.” - James on dts episode about Carlos's contract
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The light, the way Franco looks at James, the hug, I just. 🧍🧍 ABSOLUTE CINEMA ✋😮🤚
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No, you all ignoring me but look at himmmm, what is this improvisational theatre🕺🕺.
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Sorry James but this will never stop being funny
@MaltyBiscuitTea Paul Ripke did try to help him with pronouncing Seb's name
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And this rebuilding process is not only about more investment, new infrastructure or new people, first and foremost it's about the culture in the team, the culture where you don't look for shortcuts, have no fear of failure, and you see failure as an opportunity to learn and grow
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James pinned the rejection letters to his wall as some sort of inspiration and applied to Cranfield University to study engineering. Meanwhile all his free time he dedicated to work in various racing series, with no salary, and often no sleep, just to gain needed experience.
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Hello, James Vowles is trending because everyone says they love him???🥹 of course we all do, just look at this cutie
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In other news, James said “ignore the headline times”, the party is over
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This level of dedication, JV’s intelligence and his successes at Cranfield helped him to get his first job in F1 - data acquisition engineer at BAR, the team that became later BAR Honda, then - remarkable Brawn GP team, and then, of course, glorious Mercedes🖤
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JV: He (Carlos) is incredibly controlled on track. You can see that. He doesn't put a foot wrong and he builds up to it. He understands where the weakness is and the strengths of the car is, and his communication is direct, straightforward, and to the point.
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And if you are still here: thank you, here’s a couple of fun facts about JV for you: .James Vowles is a racing driver himself! He competed in the 2022 Asian Le Mans Series and dreaming of racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. But his driving career is a topic for another thread🥲
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James soon realized he had reached the peak of his role at Mercedes and was ready for something new. With Toto clearly not going anywhere soon, the offer to become Williams’ team principal was the perfect next step for James, a thrilling challenge that he gladly accepted!
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the new UK Prime Minister?👀👀👀 anyway, it’s raceeeee week🥰 💙
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Made my day🥹 I will never stop talking about this!!!!!!!
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Aww they got coffee beans as a present
Missed everything, what is that in James’ hands, some sweets or something?👀
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JV: “Great positive attitude from the first kilometer he [Carlos] really drove for the team. But every single race, he’s really observing as to, ‘Here’s what I’m going to improve, here’s what I have to move forward, here’s what will help me become comfortable quicker.
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JAMES VOWLES ACTUALLY EXISTS!!! And he is the kindest guy ever!!!!!💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
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What are your drivers’ greatest strengths? . They're both incredibly fierce in the car. They've experienced top-tier championship teams and know what it takes to be able to win a race
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The way James is trying to impress everyone with his Williams history knowledge while being wrong, I can’t😂😭
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@Mindenerwa Який же він психований, чувак випий валерʼяночки, чи що. Йому, до речі, вибачили тоді те, що він суддю дебілом назвав, і даремно, треба було його дискваліфікувати, щоб охолов трохи.
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⚡⚡This is not a drill, James Vowles speaking Spanish, I repeat JAMES VOWLES SPEAKING SPANISH, Franco is a very good driver, and all that!!!!⚡⚡
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Back then, race strategy wasn’t what it is today, sometimes all you did was a conversation with a driver on Saturday evening: “you want one stop? Two stops? Ah, ok! Let's have dinner, the job is done!”Few people saw the real potential of data in their approach to race strategy
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@WilliamsRacing Good luck Luke but idk it seems to give him Alex's car would be a bit more logical, no?.
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@BadBalticTakes @IlvesToomas @arcadefire @DanBoeckner @arcadefire guys, I’m sure you can find a guitarist who would not be a genocide supporter😑 Please, do it.
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I'm so ready for Williams dominance era
@WilliamsRacing plans for the future have taken on another level with a request to the local council to refurbish and enhance its manufacturing and operations capability at its existing headquarters site at Grove, Oxfordshire.”. The request stated: “The proposed development.
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@itsMontaybaybay @amnesty @AgnesCallamard I hate you so wholeheartedly, I really hope all your organization will be in prison for being russian war crimes supporters.
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James Vowles hugging people: warm, not-so-serious Christmas thread of 7 emotional moments from JV career🎄🥂
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@Mindenerwa Чувак буквально виглядає як перший ліпший гопнік з Челябінська, але всі звісно awww mysterious russian, лошари.
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As you know, he has a career now with Alpine. I think it's his best chance of being in a race seat for the next two years. We have our drivers lined up. But Franco was just this incredible individual with so much energy and that's why I'll always stay close to him”🤧.
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With Mercedes, James achieved an incredible success, winning multiple titles during the team's dominant era. Eager to learn something new he eventually stopped being in charge of race strategy and shifted his focus to more global team's goals as a Motorsport Strategy Director
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He loves dark chocolate, and always has it in his office but be careful, it seems he is not a big fan of getting sweets from fans as a gift (my personal experience shows that he really isn’t! sorry for being cringe, @JV_F1, it will happen again)
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I'm seeing the future and it's looking very bright, let's goooo Carlos💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
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James Vowles running in Central Park, what is this, the beginning of a rom-com, or what, please stop😩
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