- Director of strategy has been seen as key to Mercedes’ success
- Lewis Hamilton congratulates Vowles on ‘amazing’ opportunity
The Mercedes director of strategy James Vowles is to leave the team to take over as team principal at Williams. The move is a blow to Mercedes with Vowles occupying a crucial role in the team and being a key contributor to their success over the past decade.
The team principal Toto Wolff, however, was optimistic Mercedes were in a strong position to cope with his departure.