Mercedes' chief strategist, James Vowles, has offered a stark contrast of how former team-mates Sir Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg would maximise performance. read more »

News of Nico Rosberg's retirement days after winning the 2016 World Championship caught the whole F1 community off guard - but even more so in the Mercedes team. read more »

James Vowles says Lewis Hamilton was a "mercenary" and much less of a team player than now when he first joined Mercedes. read more »

Join host Tom Clarkson as he shares the stories of the world championship winning Mercedes 'Brackley Boys' - Ron Meadows, Andrew Shovlin, Simon Cole and James Vowles... read more »

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles and trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin admit that there are "no immediate answers" to the W12's rear-end... read more »

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles has clarified why the team double-stacked Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton during an off-the-pace season finale in Abu Dhabi. read more »

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles has revealed the decision of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to perform doughnuts at the end of the season finale in Abu Dhabi was... read more »

It's the final F1 Race Debrief of the 2020 season!  read more »

Mercedes motorsport strategy director James Vowles has revealed the lengths the team goes to understand all aspects of a car in the wake of a wet race. read more »

Mercedes strategy boss, James Vowles has explained why the team's drivers struggled in qualifying in Turkey. read more »

James Vowles tackles your queries from the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix – including just how tricky the track surface was, why the W11 struggled in Qualifying and how much data we... read more »

Mercedes strategy director James Vowles has assured that there was never a safety issue with Lewis Hamilton's steering wheel at the Eifel GP. read more »

Mercedes chief strategist, James Vowles says that the teams Dual Axis Steering (DAS) came into its own at the Nurburgring last weekend. read more »

Mercedes' motorsport strategy director James Vowles confirmed Lewis Hamilton's strong safety car restart at the Eifel Grand Prix came thanks to the DAS system. read more »

James Vowles explains why Lewis was feeling movement in his steering wheel, what caused Valtteri to retire, that first lap battle and much more in our Eifel GP F1 Race Debrief!  read more »

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles has revealed that Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas suffered during the Tuscan Grand Prix due to loads at Mugello being amongst... read more »

James Vowles talks Safety Car restarts, tyre strategies, smoking brakes and more in our Tuscan GP F1 Race Debrief!  read more »

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles is not convinced Lewis Hamilton's dominant Spanish Grand Prix victory means the team are over their tyre issues. read more »

The Mercedes F1 team is "unlikely" to have got to the bottom of its tyre struggles despite a strong victory at the Spanish GP, according to chief strategist James... read more »

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles has warned it’s “unlikely” the team has solved the tyre issues they encountered at the British and 70th Anniversary grands prix, despite... read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 chief strategist James Vowles says that it's "unlikely" the team has resolved the tyre problems it experienced at Silverstone - despite a... read more »

Mercedes' chief strategist James Vowles says that, in hindsight, the team made the "wrong" call on Valtteri Bottas' strategy in Spain. read more »

Mercedes motorsport strategy director James Vowles has admitted the team made the "wrong decision" when putting Valtteri Bottas on soft tyres for the closing stint of... read more »

Mercedes chief strategist, James Vowles admits that his team went the wrong way in its strategy for Valtteri Bottas during the Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

In our Spanish GP F1 Race Debrief, James Vowles talks Valtteri’s difficult start, one-stop possibilities, scorching temperatures and more!  read more »