Ex-Mercedes F1 Boss Reveals The Most Talented Driver

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Offering a unique perspective into the F1 world, James details his experience managing the egos and expectations of generational talents including Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher.
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[@jimclawley9117]

Love that he breaks down the specific characteristics and positives of each person. Very focussed and intelligent person

[@niclebowski9214]

Vowes is one of the few persons in the f1 paddock that strikes me as genuine and intelligent person, very rare nowadays. I really want Williams to do good and maybe battle with my fav team Ferrari for victories soon.

[@lev1494]

One of the rare times you can tell by someone's articulation how profound their mind is. Brilliant guy

[@presceltolives2076]

Word salad. He can say more with less

[@joshimura1995]

He worked with a Schumacher in his 40s, 3 years out of business and most of all a Schumacher who suffered a almost fatal accident on a motorbike in 2009 that left him with a basal skull fracture (commonly a fatal injury in its own right, in motorsport fatalities in particular), a severed artery to the brain; damage to the second artery; severe concussion; neck damage; muscle damage; and severely limited range of movement in the neck (which lasted well into his return year). That was not the Michael who drove from 91-06.

[@bannjaxx]

Oh my god - James Vowles just said Lewis is a more naturally gifted driver than Michael - quick debunk it!!!! - god forbid Lewis gets ANY credit for ANYTHING ever. 🤣🤣🤣 I was listening to James talk there and as soon as he said that I thought - oh, wonder how long it'll take for a keyboard warrior to explain why the F1 expert with 20+ years knowledge is wrong. 🤣🤣🤣

[@demdjen77]

@@bannjaxx Lewis is a very good driver, indeed. But he was never on Michael's level. Definitely not the verison from 1994 to 2001.

[@bannjaxx]

@@demdjen77 OK, I'll listen to your opinion, but I'm giving greater weight to the guy who's engineered F1 cars for decades.....unless you're involved in F1 at the highest level and have been for 20 years...? No? OK - it's an opinion. There does seem to be a large contingent that flies onto the comments whenever an expert describes how good Lewis is tho - I just find it amusing/predictable.

[@ey1615]

@@bannjaxx You could have also just decided to stay silent and not embarrass yourself with your childishly autistic behaviour. Generation Tiktok at its finest. Nobody is saying that Vowles is wrong, just that he is comparing a 43 year old Schumacher way past his prime to prime Hamilton. What Vowes is saying is technically right, but only about the versions of Schumacher and Hamilton he personally worked with. He never worked with Prime Schumacher.

[@ey1615]

@@bannjaxx You didn't even understand what Vowles said.

[@user-dq4rr2ey6e]

Was in the Ferrari hospitality area at Monaco 2008, with Kimi’s former manager Dave Robertson. Michael arrived and spent time talking to every guest (regardless who they were). Absolute class act of a human being.

[@johnmccallum2425]

Every time I hear an interview with James the more I like him. I am rooting for him to succeed and turn Williams around to their former glory.

[@intheknow129]

This is such an insightful interview with James, such a smart guy.

[@TomKearney-pr9gq]

Comparing a prime Hamilton to a 43 years Schumacher 😂😂😂

[@Limburgtoepi]

This is why he is the goat hail schumi

[@richardbradbury8735]

Yes, but when Schumacher joined, Mercedes, he missed three years in f1, I think at Ferrari Schumacher’s talent was Second to none

[@Maruman_man]

Well Hamilton has lost 3 years in this ground effect era....that's f1...you make a move or rule changes....

[@peterd24]

​@@Maruman_mandon't be ridiculous. Being out of competitive motor racing altogether for 3 years is NOT the same situation as Lewis finds himself in.

[@Maruman_man]

@peterd24 he retired in 2006 because he sucked mightily in 2005. He'd lost his skills before retiring...so don't be foolish.

[@friedrichmountbatten9910]

@@Maruman_man back then were the tires the problem, not the skills

[@richardbradbury8735]

@@Maruman_man The tyres were obviously changed by the FIA to thwart the dominance of Ferrari and at that stage Schumacher had had enough he didn’t only succeeded in racing he succeeded in developing the teams and driving non-competitive cars to victory.

[@iandavies1893]

I think he will guide a championship winning team in the future but, needs to work with Alonso or Max to see a another level of driver.

[@joshn1678]

He worked with schumacher and Lewis, I think he's had enough good drivers.

[@iandavies1893]

@@joshn1678 but not any other greats

[@JeLifeCoach]

@@iandavies1893how can Alonso be another level? Hamilton tied him as a rookie (which, according to all f1 drivers) is such a shock to the system and hard to grasp. So Hamilton, w no f1 experience, transitions into another world of performance and ties him?!

[@iandavies1893]

I think Hamilton was a greater talent in his early days that has declined of late especially when he doesn't have the best car whereas Alonso just gets better. Hamilton at Ferrari is just a marketing exercise.

[@alastairemmerson6274]

​@iandavies1893 how is alonso getting better? He hasn't won a championship for nearly 20 years. Lewis OK hasn't won since 2021 but look what he accomplished year in year out in his career.

[@SurviveTheDay]

A talented driver communicates very clearly with the team so they can improve development of the race car.

[@vigneshie]

I suspect James will have a similar path to Fred. Gaining experience as TP at the other end of the paddock but will eventually run a top team, maybe back at Mercedes if/when Toto steps away.

[@beany1987]

If lewis is that explorative now at mercedes on setup then it really shows how bad the cureent car is, that he can't get the setup or time out of the car.

[@ey1615]

Not as bad as Lewis makes it look. See Russell. No driver in history needs this much excuses.

[@beany1987]

@ey1615 Some drivers are content with the car when it's OK, lewis clealry isn't that type of driver. Russell is happy with p4-7, lewis would rather risk the setup and find out something new to try and make the car better. Clealry, that doesn't always work. Even with lewis trying all these tactics, Mercedes still doesn't understand the car and how to set it up.

[@hewoguys2506]

f1 is a rare sport that the best dont always win the car players huge part in success

[@yerrie1908]

What he says is that Lewis is all over the place with setups, that might the problem now when you need to develop a car that needs to close a gap

[@92655724]

is it?

[@dane458]

This doesn't make any sense.

[@malvinelpinnoy]

Lewis has more experience with F1 cars than you. Your opinion doesn't matter in that regard

[@yerrie1908]

@@malvinelpinnoy it mattered to you

[@ohnohobo4815]

To develope a car it might also be smart to explore every bit of it. Two different opinions, but maybe both could be valid at different points of car set up.

[@Drenwickification]

Looking forward to this one. Would love to have Angela Cullen on, but maybe she couldn’t talk too much about her job with lewis because of confidentiality or something??

[@TheTororist]

damn near everyone on the grid who has worked with both lewis and schumi say so. but fans online have their own agenda

[@thanekrios3211]

Like who? Give me some names. Shouldn't be too difficult as it's "damn near everyone".

[@laman8914]

We like when the question [maybe deliberately] was asked about how many championships he had during his stint with Merc, '....8 Drivers and 7 Constructors or the other way around...', and the Ex-Merc F1 Boss answered 'contentious' indicating the 'missed' 8th Driver's Championship. Clearly stolen during daylight with the help of the 'F1-Police'. Maybe this might be one of the reasons why Adrian Newly has finally decided to leave RB. He's had enough of those '' wranglings'.

[@ingrampowell9111]

Vowles has a rather narrow if deep field of expertise - strategy and simulation. Compare that with Paddy Lowe, who had overseen everything at McLaren and Mercedes, yet still cocked it up royally at Williams. We shall see...

[@markymark6918]

Funny this guy give his options based on his job, facts, personal experience and data..people push-back is what they saw on KZbin 😂

[@juventinos81]

this video is comparing a 43 years old schumacher with prime hamilton and it goes out as a fair comparison. at that time even rosberg was better than schumacher.when schumacher was at his peak this F1 boss was growing hair in his pubic area.

[@sukocoimam4519]

His glass eyes tells so much more under the sentences .. Micheal

[@ThroughJermainesLens]

oh stop with the 8 titles. Just no! The season is 1 more race! If you say that result should be removed max would still be champion. But hey if you want PROVEN cheating, 2008 singapore. And seeing how you guys want to count 1 race as the entire season, 2008 Massa should have been champion.

[@LtheDetective]

Bro what happened in AD 2021 was a direct shunt on Lewis's championship deciding final lap. 2008 was a totally different scenario that took place way before the season ended, and it wasn't McLaren that did it to solely hault Massa's title run. It was a totally different team with totally different circumstances. The only people still talking about 2008 is Massa and people who openly hate LH... that's it

[@ThroughJermainesLens]

@@LtheDetective way before the end of the season doesn't matter what so ever that is such a dumb comment, the championship isn't 1 race now is it!!!! And 2008 was cheating.... Shown and PROVEN cheating that effected Massa, simple fact. What happened in AD21 was nothing AGAINST the rule book, even if it was a weird one, it can be done. And if you would nullify that race result Max would still would champion, 2008 singapore would result in Lewis not being one. And sureeee try to play it at "hate" because you know you have no arguments, and trying to make someone come over as hater makes their argument nullified for you, so best way to cope

[@LtheDetective]

@@ThroughJermainesLens the fact that they sacked Masi and chopped the decision up as "Human Error" shows and proves ur biasness 😂

[@ThroughJermainesLens]

@@LtheDetective because imagine, but sure try to cope more

[@LtheDetective]

@@ThroughJermainesLens what action was done in 2008?

[@taelorwatson9822]

There are a lot of top drivers, I would place Schumacher above Hamilton. I like Verstappen a lot. Senna as a driver. Mansell waa pretty amazing. Verstappen and Hamilton have had the advantage of having the best equipment. Would be interesting to see how they would be with something less. But you can certainly see the passion that all the greats have

[@player234145]

I´m still asking myself where is the Ex. Mercedes F1 Boss in this video???

[@realamerican5016]

James has to be top 3 team principal in F1.

[@rolfsvensson5777]

I hope he can rescue Williams! Get some new drivers for 25!

[@waynehardiman5443]

Michael was the best in cars that weren’t the fastest he still won by breaking later tyre management now adays it’s all done for them

[@heatdk8535]

Exactly. They literally control the car from their HQ’s. Beside Schumi, senna was also a skilled in a car. Was a time were you really could see how good the drivers were. Even Lauda with all his knowledge to build a Beast 👌

[@garfieldkeddoo81]

Talking Crap !! Which car he drove that wasn't quick ? A dominant ferrari 4 seasons and the benetton Renault. All you hate Hamilton but deep within u all know he is and will always be the goat. With that crappy slow car in the sprint in the last race LH in the wet showed u a skill finishing second in that doonbuggy. U a just a bunch of Bigots

[@garfieldkeddoo81]

Schumacher a dirty cheat of a Driver !! U all need to admit that

[@stanislaviv14]

Reveal??? Was under the white sheet?

[@cutoverpark9596]

He wasn’t the Boss,Toto’s the Boss

[@777driver3]

This guy will bring results, I am convinced

[@user-hq8om8qo1l]

Why don't you take Mick? He is so underrated!!!

[@jmc129]

James never worked with Michael during his prime only the end of his career, so how would he know

[@nickyptv7258]

Probably just stories from people that did work with him

[@ey1615]

@@nickyptv7258 Everyone who worked with him during his prime always praised his unpredecented talent and ability to extract everything out of any car he was given.

[@karthikpenumetch9300]

he’d know a fuck more than people like you

[@martinhambleton5076]

I saw enough of Michaels career to make up my own mind and form an honest opinion.

[@bobwil9903]

He didn`t work with Max!

[@dynomiterecords4348]

So can someone explain to me why he continues to employ Logan Sargent? Makes no sense to me.

[@jaedeeps]

He'll be gone very soon

[@kesh_r]

Thus the testing setups myth was born

[@Rashtog]

"Michael wasn't the most skillfull, that Was Lewis". If Michael had the developed car that Lewis had after 2013, Michael would have been a 13 times champion.

[@sarahroberts8724]

Is this guy saying he (MSC) wasn't as "talented" as Lewis at Mercs...or is he saying he was NEVER as talented as Lewis? If the latter, he is INSANE!

[@ey1615]

He most likely meant the version he worked with, which is 40+ year old Schumacher at Mercedes. He never got to see and work with Schumacher from his Benetton & Ferrari days, he knows about prime Schumacher as much as your average joe does.

[@royshavrick]

How is he insane? He's just saying it how it is

[@gbarnewall1]

I’m probably going to go with the guy who has worked in F1 for many years over the guy who watches it on tv for 90mins each week

[@pheliane5027]

Lewis is best talent.

[@noomade]

everyone knows this... but you know ... haters gonna hate!

[@lambolim2178]

Squeeze every milli second he can at all cost, cost of other people’s life 😂

[@MrBen2177]

He was not worked with Max.

[@dane458]

Who cares. Rent free bud.

[@oransjball]

DTS fans juvenile and naive as always.

[@funnyshorts6830]

He is way better than Max. The people who Max had as teammates got beat by the car, too sensitive and difficult to drive. Lewis's teammates got beat by him. Mercedes never had a difficult car to drive, this shows everything you need to know.

[@stephenSF]

Poor you. Hope you get over it 😢

[@jermaineayivoh8263]

@@funnyshorts6830 No he isn’t better than Max. Lewis has never dominated any of his teammates that he has had to extent of Max has, and he has had teammates that were no better than Perez such as Kovalainen or Bottas, yet Lewis got beaten by them much more than Max has been beaten by Perez. This is the same Perez who outscored Hulkenberg during their time as teammates. The same Perez that just about lost to Button 10-9 in their 2013 qualifying battle during Perez’ one and only season as a Mclaren driver. Hamilton and Button raced 58 Gp’s as teammates and Button managed to outqualify Hamilton in 18 of those. After 73 Gp’s as teammates together Perez has still only started ahead of Verstappen 10 times, and as of now hasn’t outqualified Verstappen in over a year. Not to mention Hamilton just about edged Rosberg 42-36 in qualifying over a 4 year span, and is currently losing to Russell 27-24 over 1 lap. Since the start of 2019, Verstappen has only been outqualified a total of 12 times, when Gasly, Albon and Perez’ results are combined. Verstappen is just flat out the faster driver and is much more consistent in his performances than Hamilton is.

[@mattyp3119]

🤔 I dunno. Maybe once upon a time this is right. Not for the last 3 years.

[@dimejif1260]

ok

[@Astrokobidead]

Bro you are saying as If merc had a race winning car for the past three years

[@ey1615]

@@Astrokobidead It literally had in 2022 💀 No wheel

[@Astrokobidead]

@ey1615 lol firstly it was a set up issue for red bull that made them lose that race then crashtappen went crashing into lewis and russell parked the car to stop lewis from being ahead of him in quali

[@ask.repeat]

Vowles has the Mercedes gift of talking a whole lot while saying very little.

[@Maruman_man]

Maybe your comprehensive skills are null

[@F1Guy-Guy]

Its that Hamilton hes always been the fastest bestest driver for too long now

[@ey1615]

Most overrated driver of all time

[@F1Guy-Guy]

@@ey1615 Too many followers too much sponsorship, just too many wins and championships fastest laps, pole positions and too much Goat status

[@arien_p]

Yeah a driver thats won 7 titles when only 1 other driver is history has done it aswell is overrated right ?😂😂😂😂 u dont know shit about ratings mate​@ey1615

[@kaalvoetpiet3442]

Who notices he looks close to the museum depictions of Naendethals? (Yes, they had much bigger brains).

[@mitchelobrien4870]

Yer you listen to the pleb heads on social media Lewis doesn’t know how to set a car up Overrated Guess Dave from Leeds knows more than the actual experts

[@noomade]

GOAT!

[@garfieldkeddoo81]

No matter set up that car has no effing chance

[@joegugg4129]

I am not quite sure how HAM would deal with an Indycar without power steering because it demands much more physical effort

[@joshn1678]

Uh, you do realize Lewis drove without power steering before getting to F1 right?

[@dane458]

Have you seen how jacked he is? Don't see any problems

[@joegugg4129]

@@joshn1678Explain to me why Mansell failed in Indycar

[@stevenrintoul2381]

Driving an Indy car is way less demanding than an F1 car. Think of all the G-Force and strain an F1 car puts on the driver. No power steering ain't gonna be a problem in a car especially at high speeds. My first car had no power steering so when going slow you worked a bit harder but Indy tracks are mainly high speed so you will not be working hard to turn. It's not like a Go-Kart with tiny wheels where your wrists are burning after a few laps.

[@martinnbafiba1]

Senna Schumi Lewis Max Alonso Prost Lauda Jenson Rosberg Norris That’s my top 10

[@ey1615]

If Hamilton is supposed to be the goat he wouldn’t be struggling against a guy that was outscored by rookie Latifi in equal machinery. or wouldn’t be the only Merc driver during 2014-2021 that missed out on Q3. or wouldn’t have lost so many titles in the best car. or wouldn’t be the loudest complainer whenever he doesn’t drive a perfect car.

[@betofernandez5524]

Imo Lewis is the fastest driver, maybe ever, when all is OK. That´s the point. Past year he was focused enought and performed clearly better than Russell, maybe better than any other being the best after RB, but if you take a look on all his F1 years you clearly see that he is not committed or confortable when the car is not that good. Button said once this exact thing. Lewis has something else than any other driver I've seen when all is working. This can be a weakspot, but in F1 there is only one truth, you win if you have the best car, or almost the best car and you are better than your rival. And this, is exactly what happened in all the championships Lewis won.

[@thorstentrapp274]

I highly doubt this guy has the capability, knowledge and skills to make a judgement about a Schumacher/Hamilton comparison in regard to talent. I believe Schumacher was better and faster...not more than a gut feeling. He was able to make a team/car fast. He's proven that twice, with Benetton and with Ferrari. Hamilton on the other hand was at the right time in the right team. I think he'll fail at Ferrari.

[@BYTES305]

Theres no greatest person driver than schumacher am sorry crymilton you do not get near his category

[@702TifosiGambler]

Senna,Ham & Max faster than Schumi, you know this Al

[@caskraker]

He has never worked with the most talented driver.

[@joshn1678]

Well Lewis beat Max in 2021, so yes he has.

[@caskraker]

@@joshn1678 Poor Luluboy. Sour loser.

[@dane458]

Here we go with the Maxipad brigade...

[@caskraker]

@@dane458So you think Max is the most talented driver? Funny.

[@dane458]

@@caskraker Nope. Your comment history however...

[@Zoundshine]

The Most Talented Driver Is Max Verstappen.

[@royhammond2232]

So who are you and where does your opinion come from? Legoland?

[@Zoundshine]

@@royhammond2232 Over 30 years of F1 experience.

[@usufabu]

@@Zoundshine irrelevant

[@Zoundshine]

@@usufabu fakt

[@arien_p]

Who asked?? Max is the most talented of this Era we know this already

[@barbagiggia]

This is laughable. Lewis pure natural talent wasn't even close to Michael one, there is not even a debate, this person is delusional or just a bragging clueless fan.

[@MikeRochac]

Hamilton was, is and will always be a lazy bum who needs to copy his partners cars settings.