F1's James Vowles on Williams Racing, How to Win in Formula 1 and More | WSJ

[@Damian-n7r]

Almost on the verge of crying when he tells what he experienced in brawn gp. He seems like a good guy. Greetings from Argentina.

[@JCDenton95]

@@Rohan-xu9xf just watch the video it's not long

[@ItsMarkWeller]

Fun fact, James actually interviewed me for my position when I joined mercedes F1, Surreal experience, incredibly knowledgeable, down to earth and super passionate. cant say enough nice things about it.

[@GenAvAviation]

@@ItsMarkWeller thats awesome, what do u do?

[@ItsMarkWeller]

@GenAvAviation Esports team manager and project managed the F1 Wheel for Sim Racing that recently released, theres a video on my youtube if you're interested and more to come 😀

[@ShineTeye]

The way he talks about Colapinto 🥰 James is literally my role model

[@adriangallardo1019]

Now I understand why he is so proud of Franco, he said it himself, like a father. Also like Franco, the bigger the challenge, the better they perform. I wish them all the success for this weekend and for all the races to come.

[@shashidharmamidipelli]

After watching this, no wonder Carlos joined Williams

[@jire9831]

James is the real deal with excellent vision. Hoping that Williams makes a comeback to their old form

[@savitatripathy2784]

He is such an interesting person to listen to. So authentic and transparent, so knowledgable and humble. I cant listen to any other team principal that too being so nerdy too. Very impressive!

[@paulwoodburn4474]

Imagine working under James he is sooo insperational not just cut and paste management blurb but actual passion belief and car

[@JCDenton95]

James is everywhere!! As a Williams fan, I’m confident in his abilities. He’s the right helmsman. Congratulations on double points in Baku! 😊❤🎉

[@nahuel.grande92992]

Uncle James 🇦🇷❤️

[@jjfreer]

williams quietly bubling away in the background love this. never heard of the new driver, and he can do that quietly, i trust James really is going to do something special in 2026. loved him at mercedes. I really hope williams can join mercedes mclaren and ferrari at the front of the grid soon

[@richardemanuel6647]

Amazing interview. Didn't expect to come away truly inspired from this.

[@pablovillegas1201]

Great interview 🇦🇷 Vamos Williams... Vamos Franco! #43

[@HisBelovedQueen]

What a captivating speaker, so easy to understand and great logic

[@UsmanKhan-fp5uu]

The guy who reminded us of BRAWN GP needs a big applause... Magical year for these guys at Brawn

[@gustavoaranibar6091]

Wow. Excellent interview. James seems an excellent manager. Good for Williams

[@Tom-fn7nk]

Love listening to James speak!

[@pgale]

Williams in good hands with James running it

[@mattfz9850]

Argentina loves you very much James Vowles!

[@Visslle]

Great James Vowles a complete engineer and now manager ,would love to see Williams wIth Colapinto/Sainz and Vowles as the leader of a new era for Williams 🚀🚀

[@steveb9507]

Few wins for albon along the way 🤞😊

[@robertjohansson3744]

As someone who has viewed almost all races since 1987 and is still young enough to view the races for approx the next 25 years before checking out I feel the amount of races are at the right level or maybe one or two too many.

[@dhananjayapasan]

90% of Aero team working on 2026 car is insane. They are gonna cook it hard!

[@lifeinyellow]

Great interview! Thank you WSJ.

[@RutherfordProject]

Vamos Franco!!

[@damianroux5472]

Que capo el Tío James 💪🇦🇷

[@rexrr4402]

Williams 💙 Colapinto 💙 Vowles 💙

[@walshmabob2]

Fair play for him to make the change - insane to think Aston Martin employees work so hard just to see stroll give out, crash and not score points

[@JustMeandMyTea]

In James we Trust 💙

[@smartz565]

let's go Tio James ! Gracias for Franco !!! 🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@leonardocz7646]

Thanks Uncle James 🇦🇷

[@pabloalejandro6360]

Como lo banco a James!! Gracias por esa oportunidad para Franco.

[@casanomatias]

In Argentina we are all big fans of Williams and James Vowles. Please, let's keep Franco in the team. We don't like Sauber!

[@bautindeah5821]

Gracias James por darle la oportunidaad a Franco. Siempre estaremos agradecidos

[@sergiohugosurace819]

Que grande el tio james 🇦🇷🧉

[@salvatorescarantino50]

James is phenomenal

[@gildardosanchezespinoza1358]

James, this is Valteri

[@eduardodanielgramulla5059]

Exelente reportaje...👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@sidjndmt]

What a spokesperson! What a salesman!

[@tonydownunder5703]

This guy is going to put Williams F1 back on top as the winning number one team where it belongs 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Goaltimer]

How can 45 work on the 2026 car if it isn't allowed before 2025?

[@IceValley388]

We do have already a LOT of races in Asia though

[@tasermasterplayer78]

When uncle James speaks, we listen

[@AlexNH56]

How does Williams come back tho? Would love to see Williams at the top again

[@krisgerzon8687]

valteri, this is james

[@marm317]

Bowles! Franco!!! Vamos!!!

[@nicok5548]

Nobody is asking questions about albon. Everyone wants to know about colapinto.

[@Flashblade]

Bring back the Malaysian Grand Prix!

[@Poochyke]

Claire must be in such a pain now, seeing Williams flying.

[@MuhammadNiz007]

People who laughed at me on twitter when I said by 2026-27 they will be a top team and that this year 2025 after the mid season point they will be the clear best of the rest Well I guess I was right. can't wait for them to be world champions soon

[@CybrMyth]

Was this filmed on a 780p webcam? 😂

[@leonardoescosteguy2675]

Vamos Franco 👍

[@TheSuper10dulkar]

Worried about the team having sainz , either it becomes the place sainz matures as a f1 driver or will bring toxicity .hope the former !

[@LockOn0705]

Bro could go on for 5 hours if time allowed

[@julienlavoie6908]

Smart guy

[@johnjones8572]

Id go work for that guy and his ethos

[@theant9821]

Im not sure ive ever heard James Vowles say something i disagree with.

[@reddish8692]

More expansion in Asia when Africa doesn't even have 1 race on the calendar? Thought that was a strange answer

[@CortinasAndClassics]

Synthetic fuel IS the way forward.

[@silviobenitez5147]

Colapinto 2025

[@jonathonwood2868]

Interesting, no questions about the refusal to allow Andretti, but wanting American viewers and money. I love F1, but they definitely have a bias against US teams and US drivers

[@audreyperrin320]

I think 24 races is to much they should have left it at 20

[@AlgoEnElFeed]

🧉🧉🧉

[@DiegoSilva-xf6gc]

Subtítulos en Español amigooooo.

[@PatricioTorreira]

Está la opción en subtítulos > traducción automática...

[@DiegoSilva-xf6gc]

Esa traducción es una reverenda porquería.

[@PatricioTorreira]

@@DiegoSilva-xf6gc yo hablo inglés.. ellos hablan inglés británico, la traducción es buena.

[@lucianasalles7272]

👔✒

[@mgers75]

James Vowles, the human AI bot

[@sandratracy1378]

I have no respect for this man after what he did to Logan.

[@SpaceHCowboy]

What, binned him.... eventually, cause he was w.a.f.?

[@miguelnonose1480]

I would have asked him “ Why bring a driver lake Sainz ? What did he do in those 9 years of F1 ? Can you tell me a remarkable moment of Sainz ? 🤷 actually during the races he never shows on TV because he does Nothing !! “ so why bring such guy and not keep a young talent ??

[@ZTheMoki]

Sainz is a solid driver who has kept up with every single teammate. William's are not looking for the best driver they want two drivers who work well and most importantly are good at developing the car. A team already at the front needs a fast driver a team at the back need a driver who can develop the team.

[@miguelnonose1480]

@@ZTheMoki Sainz is so good at developing F1 cars that made several winning cars right ? Sainz is just a ok driver, that might never achieved F1, without his family name, nothing else.

[@miguelnonose1480]

@@ZTheMoki what do you think about Ricciardo, Tsunoda or Bottas, are you gonna protect them as well?

[@miguelnonose1480]

@@ZTheMoki 😂 watching Cingapur practices, Sainz get 659 seconds slower than Leclerc 😅 yes, such a great driver is Sainz 🤣

[@theant9821]

Even the next Senna is no use to Williams just yet, crawl, walk then run. Even Ayrton Senna proved to be a double edged sword for Lotus, who at the time were one of the big 4, and at the time were also the second most sucsessful team of all time. Williams needs a reliable fast driver who has experience, not a young gun regardless of how good he is.

[@MattWalding-w3y]

What is Formula 1, Is it a kids game?

[@marcosdoyter7460]

No respect for this man. He made the awful decision to have Sargeant for a second season instead of hiring a new driver (Vesti, Drugovich, Pouchaire). Afterwards, Sargeant caused damages in 3.1 Million dollar even before the end of the season.

[@Cobra_Commander12]

Give over

[@ShineTeye]

And that's where your no respect for him comes from?

[@christofferrsnes9508]

he litterally gave his reason for why he kept on Sargeant, and it was out of pure respect. He gave Logan another year because he believes in giving people second chances and you then say that you have no respect for the man??? litterally doesn't make sense what u said here...

[@ozverti6886]

Ok Helmut Marko...

[@colinmcbottle]

tl:Dr: I am really really mad he didnt hire any of the drivers I like!

[@7orqu3]

they have the 2nd or 3rd biggest headcount in f1 and the results are getting better but I am not sure how much more they need to succeed

[@AlgoEnElFeed]

We konw he is Colapinto's boss. So we support him.💙🤍💙