The Williams Revival - Is It Working, One Year On?

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🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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With James Vowles's appointment at the start of 2023, Williams has been placed in a rebuilding phase, to return to the front end of the field. However, with ageing facilities and antiquated equipment, the team's investments have been focused on bringing them up to a modern standard while also securing the team's future with Alex Albon's contract extension. With this renewed sense of direction under James Vowles, the question remains: Is Williams' revival working? Kevin Turner is joined on the Autosport podcast by Jake Boxall-Legge, who recently sat down with James Vowles to discuss the current issues that Williams is facing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.4	From all-sport.com, also magazine, I'm Kevin Turner and this is the Allsport Podcast.
0:40.4	So we're talking about Williams today.
0:42.6	Still the fifth most successful team in Formula One history in terms of world championship
0:46.7	Grand Prix wins.
0:48.5	And James Valis came from Mercedes to start of 2020 and lifted the team from 10th in the
0:53.3	Constructors Championship to 7th.
0:55.8	So everything looked good with the new owners heading the right direction.
0:58.6	But as we sit here today with what a third of the season gone or so, they are still
1:04.4	pointless.
1:05.9	So joining me to discuss how far the Williams Revival is going, how it's going, because
1:09.8	obviously there are changes behind the scenes as well as those on track, is Arafone writer and technical guru.
1:15.8	Jake, box or leg. Welcome, Jake. How are you doing?
1:18.7	Good, thank you. We've cracked out guru in a while. I'll take that.
1:23.6	I can't like guru. It makes me feel like I'm some kind of enlightened figure rather than the reprobate that I actually am.
1:30.8	Well, I don't really know how to respond to that.
1:33.0	Let's move swiftly on to Williams.
1:34.6	Now, you actually had a long chat in you, an interview with James Vowles recently.
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