James is absolutely on point in every interview I see of him. Just keeping his composture and showing he absolutely knows the team's current situation and what they need to do right now.
@@_Ben4810 Ah, you mean the bluffer who was considered integral to Merc's unprecendented winning streak and who was leading strategy at Brawn in 2009? You are right about the blufffing, but not about the timing. If anything, Williams have been bluffing for years and Wowles is the guy who is trying his hardest to stop it and a lot of people think he might also be the right one for the job. What you consider blah-blah is what others would call honest communication. And the facts as you like to point out doesn't speak against his interviews. They rather back up his assesment of how big of an overhaul Williams have to do on all levels of the team. Now, was this too wordy for you?
They will. Their current lack of a 3rd chassis is entirely down to them overhauling their entire logistics and manufacturing systems. Getting the new processes and such in and getting them up to speed meant delays in manufacturing. But all of that is short term growing pains for long term benefits.
They need better drivers. It's the weakest lineup on the grid. Even Albon, despite all the praise, has only proven that he's quicker than Latifi and Sargeant.
@@AZBCDEE One of "daubers" drivers has 10 wins, 18 poles, and 67 podiums. You might want to re-think that, cowboy. Albon's done practically nothing of merit (a couple of podiums) and Sargeant's almost inept.
@@Lewythefly Yeah but that's like complaining Red Bull hasn't built a new rear wing if they instead chose to make a chassis. They gambled on not needing one and it didn't pay off, he is not psychic lol
''Technically astute''....??? Yeah, right, so astute that he a*se-coveringly slags off his predecessor Jost Capito's methodology of building race cars in interviews but fails dismally himself to deliver a completed & essential 3rd chassis tub until at least the 6th race of the season...
@@_Ben4810 i concede.. They clearly have limitations of sorts, particularly financial when the bulk of spend was on updating infrastructure.. Gona be a long haul.. One that i hope he survives
James Vowels is a class act. Other people might have taken that personally and been hostile, but James knew it was a fair question and answered accordingly. The PR ladies face said it all... lol
If your drivers are doing their best impressions of NCAAP Dummies you’ll expect to be asked that question. Nevertheless great answer and a fine question to be asked in the circumstances in spite people’s protestation that it was overly antagonistic
Over the past 3 years Mercedes have lost several very key staff, including the very smart and excellent Mr Vowles. It makes you wonder how much this loss of human capital is a factor in their (Mercedes), seeming inability to fix their underperforming car?
I mean they lost a lot before knowing that they had a shit car. Most intelligent people will strive to fix a problem (merc car) instead of cruising at the top
Honestly, I hope for the team to improve and get better. James Vowles as a TP is under tremendous pressure and have not seen a crack or as much as a drop of sweat in his response to these kind of questions. They have a long way to go wrt to processes and manufacturing which can not only be solved by splurging money, but I do see them taking issues head on. A new era(2026 >) might just put them on a better spot in the field.
What I hear is "We ask our drivers push harder than they should because otherwise we wouldn't even be in the midfield." But how he said it was brilliant.
At least the question was straight to the point, a little overly blunt but im sure plenty of reporters have questions like this but tip toe around with the wording, Ted just said fk it and said it how he thought it
He shoulda stuck with Jost Capito's successful & proven race car manufacturing process systems....He's totally brought this entire situation on himself...
The phone holders are ridiculous, they should just wear mics and spend the money on more or better engineers, just more wasted money in a cost cap sport.
Vowels knew what he was in for when he took on Williams. Rome was not built in a day. That team has decades of underfunding and old out of date ways of doing things. Alex needs to up his game and stay out of trouble, as for Sargent I think his time is up.
Ted asked a perfect question since the cost cap Williams have spent on average 6M$ on damages every year that's 18M$ so far ( including freight) and it's not even been race 1/4 of races and they already have a reported repair cost of at least 2.5M$ and that doesn't include Suzuka crash. For context Merc since cost cap introduction has on average spent 1.6M$ and if you remove 2021( Bottas and Russell Imola) it's only been 800k on average per annum. That's a huge difference
Journalists, nowadays, (if you can call them that) are the equivalent of click bait videos on UA-cam. So disrespectful and tactless. All in the names of likes
Ted Kravitz is just so dumb and provocative. He has done so many comments and questions that made me face palm or rolling eyes. I dunno why Sky Sports keep him
I’m happy vowels gets a team of his own but his departure from Mercedes shows it’s pain in these moments, when we see how cool, calm, and complete of a manager he is, and no longer a voice within Merc.
I feel like at this point James has told Ted to ask him the tough questions or something. It's out of character for Ted to be this brutal and James takes it in his stride
That was a fucking brilliant reply off the cuff. Complete professional.
Judging by the way his PR woman smirked, they rehearsed an answer to this exact question earlier. She nailed it
Was it? Sounded like a bunch of obfuscation to me
He's kinda smart you know 😉
But he needs a reply to the mess his team is in, F1 is about winning not being clever at answering questions (or it used to be)
Couldn't put it better excellent answer. Shame he not getting some results on track. Hope it comes.
The PR Lady smirk when that question dropped.
Do you want to know her ig @ ? I got it
Yeah because it was an awfully stupid question. Wont surprise me if James is giving this guy the finger next time
@@mvd4436James has been mates with Ted for 20 years.
It's not a stupid question 😆 they do keep crashing, especially sergeant @@mvd4436
"Here we go. James is about to verbally kickflip on Ted's ass."
James is absolutely on point in every interview I see of him. Just keeping his composture and showing he absolutely knows the team's current situation and what they need to do right now.
He's a total bluffer...The facts speak for themselves, not his blah-blah-blah wordy interviews...
@@_Ben4810 Ah, you mean the bluffer who was considered integral to Merc's unprecendented winning streak and who was leading strategy at Brawn in 2009?
You are right about the blufffing, but not about the timing. If anything, Williams have been bluffing for years and Wowles is the guy who is trying his hardest to stop it and a lot of people think he might also be the right one for the job. What you consider blah-blah is what others would call honest communication.
And the facts as you like to point out doesn't speak against his interviews. They rather back up his assesment of how big of an overhaul Williams have to do on all levels of the team.
Now, was this too wordy for you?
@@_Ben4810 your mom speaks for themselves nerd @antivaganza cooked you and you’re nowhere to be seen lmao
I agree, and this is the type of stuff that’ll make I’m a star next season in DTS (not that it totally matters, but still).
The PR advisor's face said it all.
LOL thats the first thing I saw too
Expand??
Im curious what you think haha
I honestly aspire to have this level of on the spot thinking
Same. I would have looked like an idiot saying “Ummm ummm”
bombastic side eye
criminal offensive
She is smashing him.
Vowles is the best speaker on the grid but man I'm nervous williams won't improve
They will.
Their current lack of a 3rd chassis is entirely down to them overhauling their entire logistics and manufacturing systems. Getting the new processes and such in and getting them up to speed meant delays in manufacturing. But all of that is short term growing pains for long term benefits.
They need better drivers. It's the weakest lineup on the grid. Even Albon, despite all the praise, has only proven that he's quicker than Latifi and Sargeant.
@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044he’s a crash hazard as well and is just slow. And they’re not the worst lineup it’s dauber
They will improve, but it will take time.
@@AZBCDEE One of "daubers" drivers has 10 wins, 18 poles, and 67 podiums. You might want to re-think that, cowboy. Albon's done practically nothing of merit (a couple of podiums) and Sargeant's almost inept.
I don’t know why Ted felt he had to be so caustic. James was incredibly polite and his answer really interesting and honest.
He’s usually like this, at least in my opinion.
Just Ted being Ted... Saying stupid shit and getting paid.
@@TheOuboet I didn't say it, but I certainly won't disagree with it.
He is very much the pre teen reporter.
Because Ted has been in the F1 paddock for 20+ years, & can see straight thru' a 🐂💩'er like James Vowles....
Pretty good tough question but James’ response is utterly impeccable. I very much doubt any of the other TPs would have dealt with it as well.
But he hasn't been able to build a spare chassis. Who cares if he gives good interview
@@Lewythefly Check out the reasoning as to why they haven't got a spare chassis. Short term pain might be necessary for long term benefits.
@@Lewythefly Yeah but that's like complaining Red Bull hasn't built a new rear wing if they instead chose to make a chassis. They gambled on not needing one and it didn't pay off, he is not psychic lol
@@jonaseriksson3782 wtf are you on about, a spare chassis is crucial. You don't need to be a psychic to know that.
@@Lewythefly building a spare chassis would make them not be able to develop the car, again a gamble that didnt pay off
Valtteri! It's James. Wanna come drive for us?
James Vowles... Technically astute 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🔥🔥🔥
Can't build a spare chassis though
''Technically astute''....??? Yeah, right, so astute that he a*se-coveringly slags off his predecessor Jost Capito's methodology of building race cars in interviews but fails dismally himself to deliver a completed & essential 3rd chassis tub until at least the 6th race of the season...
@@_Ben4810 i concede.. They clearly have limitations of sorts, particularly financial when the bulk of spend was on updating infrastructure.. Gona be a long haul.. One that i hope he survives
The most British response. Well done James.
Indeed, zero content.
@@bjrnchrstn think
He should be PR trainer with that amount of smoothness
James Vowels is a class act. Other people might have taken that personally and been hostile, but James knew it was a fair question and answered accordingly. The PR ladies face said it all... lol
Impressive self control there by James. Hats off!
More control than the drivers have in the Williams this season.
Classic Ted 🙄
The woman's side-eye thinking "What an asshole" lol!
And she's not wrong, Ted can be an asshole.
Ted is the grid asshole, everyone knows it
Not “can be” but “is”
Beautiful wasn’t it
for a short while the PR lady didnt know what to do with her face hahahah. But all respect to James, as if Shakespeare was born as an top engineer.
Her face was priceless in reaction LoL
Great question and we learnt something. Well done Ted.
So articulate, imagine if we could all speak as well as him 👌
Formula 1 people may have the best PR training out of all sports, maybe even across all entertainment industry. What an impecable answer that was
James and Christian are the two best team principals when it comes to interviews. They are both fantastic at answering tough questions
James, yes... Christian is just too self-absorbed!
Wish I could be as calm as James 😂 Solid TP.
James Vowels is the best TP in the paddock, pity he’s wasted at Williams.
how could you even say that without feeling like a fool.
@@mcbltgaming3694your mother is a fool
If your drivers are doing their best impressions of NCAAP Dummies you’ll expect to be asked that question. Nevertheless great answer and a fine question to be asked in the circumstances in spite people’s protestation that it was overly antagonistic
He is a very good team principal and he will win some races in the future. I wish Red Bull had TP like him.
Over the past 3 years Mercedes have lost several very key staff, including the very smart and excellent Mr Vowles. It makes you wonder how much this loss of human capital is a factor in their (Mercedes), seeming inability to fix their underperforming car?
I mean they lost a lot before knowing that they had a shit car. Most intelligent people will strive to fix a problem (merc car) instead of cruising at the top
Gotta love James Vowles. Things at Williams are going to get worse before they get better. Keep up the hard work.
Honestly, I hope for the team to improve and get better. James Vowles as a TP is under tremendous pressure and have not seen a crack or as much as a drop of sweat in his response to these kind of questions. They have a long way to go wrt to processes and manufacturing which can not only be solved by splurging money, but I do see them taking issues head on. A new era(2026 >) might just put them on a better spot in the field.
Her face, damn
She can't help it - not every girl is a first round pick.
@@ngc-fo5te I doubt youre mr universe
Wtf mate she is hot @@ngc-fo5te
I like this man he seems like a leader
Daddy Vowles is a fucking genius
credit to James to answer that question
What a gentleman
What I hear is "We ask our drivers push harder than they should because otherwise we wouldn't even be in the midfield." But how he said it was brilliant.
James “it’s incredibly tight”
James’s drivers 1.3 seconds apart in the same car 😂
👏 👏 👏
Because we have Sargent in the team
PR lady is nice, simple elegant!
This was a very Toto answer trainee becomes master
Most articulate man in F1
the PR lady is beautiful 😍
Take it easy. You fall in love walking to the 7/11 too?
Steady on - your standards are low.
Whats her @
@@ok-dy2tz Dominique Heyer-Wright
@@ngc-fo5tejust say you’re gay
A bright future in politics to be sure.
Good save James😮
Hell yeah
At least the question was straight to the point, a little overly blunt but im sure plenty of reporters have questions like this but tip toe around with the wording, Ted just said fk it and said it how he thought it
James Vowles is awesome. At least someone has to act the professional.
Atleast James didn't crash with that answer.
I know James is loosing his mind behind the scenes I don’t actually know but what a situation to be in
He shoulda stuck with Jost Capito's successful & proven race car manufacturing process systems....He's totally brought this entire situation on himself...
The correct answer is:
"Involved in every crash? I think you're mistaking me for Lance Stroll's team principle."
The PR girl is super cute.
Dominique Heyer-Wright
I think James Vowles is actually to smart for the job.
This one was just unlucky for Albon
Brilliant answer to a pretty daft queston. Vowles is a class act for keeping cool and taking the time to try and educate a shallow mind.
He got very good at bullshitting in Mercedes, not surprised at all everyone is praising him as TP.
As Horner would (maybe) say, “fix you f*****ng* driver
Ted Exactly being Ted!!! 🤷♂️🤬
Ted really though that he got the guy
First paddy Lowe, now this guy. Both let Williams down.
A 6 year old would have come up with such a question
I was expecting men of culture comments.
They're advising their young drivers to drive on the limit with no spare parts? That sounds a bit reckless
HIs voice like bernies is grating I can't I just can't and this is Williams a proper race team 1 of the few left
who in the kylie jenner is that beside him?
Old Ted _"I need knee pads to interview Lewis"_ Kraivtz
Nice answer, but more importantly, what's the name of the girl?:)
Dominique Heyer-Wright
Whatever response by James
The phone holders are ridiculous, they should just wear mics and spend the money on more or better engineers, just more wasted money in a cost cap sport.
Vowels knew what he was in for when he took on Williams. Rome was not built in a day. That team has decades of underfunding and old out of date ways of doing things. Alex needs to up his game and stay out of trouble, as for Sargent I think his time is up.
Great deflection from JV
James is a consummate professional - dealing with Ted the caveman.
....... and the other one is Logan Sargeant
It's a flippin joke, calm down.
Williams will be playing catch up and wont be able to develope the 2025 car with everyone else.. just need to tough it out until 2026
James should start mewing
Ted Kravitz is a disgrace to Formula 1.
Verstappen was asked the same question a few years back. Tbh its not a very brilliant one.
I used to like Vowles, but it's clear he's not as good as everyone thinks
I feel like ted has something against James he’s always asking him these types of questions
Toto Wolf's cheap knock off 😂😂
Ted asked a perfect question since the cost cap Williams have spent on average 6M$ on damages every year that's 18M$ so far ( including freight) and it's not even been race 1/4 of races and they already have a reported repair cost of at least 2.5M$ and that doesn't include Suzuka crash. For context Merc since cost cap introduction has on average spent 1.6M$ and if you remove 2021( Bottas and Russell Imola) it's only been 800k on average per annum.
That's a huge difference
Journalists, nowadays, (if you can call them that) are the equivalent of click bait videos on UA-cam. So disrespectful and tactless. All in the names of likes
Brilliant question from Ted… excellent instant response… I’m sure off camera James want to kick the crap out of Ted…
Oh what would f1 be without sky sports. They’re the reason why the drivers keep it on the road every race.
Kylie Jenner works for Williams?!!
Wanna know her ig
Fairplay Ted at least he has some balls in todays forced Pr world
Balls? What exactly did he ask that's so courageous? Ted is a prick.
@@TheAYM91 Facts! He doesnt have the balls to ask Hamilton why Russell keeps beating him!
Ted Kravitz is just so dumb and provocative. He has done so many comments and questions that made me face palm or rolling eyes. I dunno why Sky Sports keep him
What a dumb question.
ted boy wouldnt ask that to mercedes , absolute joke of a journalist
I’m happy vowels gets a team of his own but his departure from Mercedes shows it’s pain in these moments, when we see how cool, calm, and complete of a manager he is, and no longer a voice within Merc.
Williams think they’re a midfield team with midifield drivers. 💀💀 and they can’t afford Chasis
What a pathetic question.
Ted living up to his reputation there. What a plonker.
Asking questions you wouldn't?
Ted has a reputation for being a legend, so yeah, he’s living up to it well.
Ambulance chaser.
Would Ted ask a question like this to Lance Stroll? Surely not, they are in the brotherhood.
Why does the woman on the left look like some weird hybrid of Zendaya and Kylie Jenner
Ted Kravitz is a 🤡
I feel like at this point James has told Ted to ask him the tough questions or something. It's out of character for Ted to be this brutal and James takes it in his stride
Classic Ted, always being the clown he is 🙃
this guy is like giving AI responses lol
What he really wanted to say was ‘….because one of our drivers is utterly hopeless, and the other one is an overrated Red Bull refugee’.