Lewis Hamilton phoned James Vowles as Mercedes man left to become Williams boss
Vowles was Hamilton’s chief strategist but has now left Mercedes to take the team principal✅ job at Williams.
Hamilton first heard the news from M𝕴ercedes boss Toto Wolff befor🐽e speaking to Vowles.
“I told him [last] week thꦓat this was going to happen and he is absolutely fine,” Wolff said.
“Working with James has always been a great pleasure for him. The clev🎃er thinking on a Sunday morning, that was good fun with James always.
“I think his first response🔜 was ‘Tha♔t’s amazing for James’.”
Vowles added: “For what it’s worth, I called him and those were the first wo𝓰rds that came out of his mouth.
“Not insulting me or telling me he’s d🍸is♊appointed, it was quite the opposite.
“In fact, I’d probably say throughout Mercedes I’ve had the fortune that near enough eveღryone I’ve spoken to has just been incredibly happy.”
Hamilton posted on social media about Vowles: “T♛ogether we have won over 80 races and 15 titles. This is such a great move and I couldn’t be hap☂pier for him.
“We all need to change in order to progress and I’m confident that he’ll push Williams forward to being more competitive. There is nobody more deserving of t🌌his role.
“Thanks for everything, James. Wishing y♌ou the best, brother.”
Bad news for Hamilton?
The loss of his ﷺchief strategist is an unexpected plot✱ twist as Hamilton enters 2023.
Mercedes have already confirmed that they will not recruit anybody to replace Vowl꧋es, and have a succession plan from within, suggesting the evolution should be smooth.
But will Hamilton feಞel the difference in the heat of battle, without Vowles?
James was a sports journ✨alist at Sky Sport🧔s for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
