James Vowles

Mercedes explain root cause of Hamilton's struggles in Monaco

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles confirmed that track and tyre temperatures were a major factor in Lewis Hamilton's underperformance in…

3 years ago

Mercedes' Vowles still 'can't work out' why Rosberg retired

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles admits that over four years on he's still scratching his head to understand Nico Rosberg's…

3 years ago

Shovlin recalls Brawn GP's fairytale start to 2009

Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has been recalling the events of the 2009 season when he was Jenson Button's…

3 years ago

Hamilton no longer the 'mercenary' he was - Vowles

Mercedes' director of motorsport strategy James Vowles has been praising the team's lead driver Lewis Hamilton - albeit in a…

3 years ago

Mercedes' Vowles 'heartbroken' by Schumacher's winless track record

Long-time Mercedes strategist James Vowles has revealed that he was left heartbroken by Michael Schumacher's inability to snatch a win…

3 years ago

Mercedes facing 'long journey' to understand W12 issues

Mercedes says it has started to analyse the data and footage from pre-season testing, admitting that it faces "a long…

3 years ago

Mercedes confident Turkey troubles won't recur in final races

Mercedes says that it now fully understands why is had such a torrid time in the build-up to the Turkish…

3 years ago

Mercedes chiefs differ on usefulness of DAS in cold Eifel GP

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and chief strategist James Vowles have different views on the usefulness of the team's dual-axis steering…

4 years ago

Mercedes praises drivers for enduring 'punishing toll' at Mugello

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles praised Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas for undergoing and surviving the veritable "physical punishment" levied…

4 years ago

Mercedes to rely on software to prevent closed pitlane blunder

Mercedes says it will rely on software in the future to prevent in the future the closed pitlane blunder that…

4 years ago

Mercedes: 'Unlikely' tyre problems have been fixed

Mercedes was spared in Barcelona the tyre blistering issues that dogged its previous race at Silverstone, but chief strategist James…

4 years ago

Mercedes explains reason for Hamilton's COTA qualifying dip

Mercedes has explained why Lewis Hamilton appeared to drop so far off the pace behind his team mate Valtteri Bottas…

5 years ago