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How Vowles is changing the culture at the Williams F1 team

That’s the challenge Williams team principal James Vowles and chief technical officer Pat Fry have taken on as they try to get the Grove outfit up to speed, on and off the track.

Autosport

Fry has "never seen anything like" late Williams F1 parts delivery

Fry, who joined Williams in November after leaving Alpine in the summer, says parts for the 2024 car came through the Grove factory system much later than was the case at his previous teams, which also include Ferrari and McLaren.

Autosport

Fry has “never seen anything like” late Williams F1 parts delivery

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Albon: Williams F1 progress key to long-term future

Albon has been linked to various top teams in recent weeks, including a return to Red Bull and a move to Mercedes to replace Lewis Hamilton from 2025 onwards. While Williams team principal James Vowles clarified Albon is contracted to the Grove team until next year, he also added he…

Motorsport

Willow’s story: how an abandoned dog lost seven puppies – and found a new home

This winter, animal shelters are in crisis, with pet abandonments hitting a three-year high. We follow one golden retriever from emergency surgery to adoption

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Fry: Williams F1 team has to develop 'winning mindset'

Williams owner Dorilton Capital is investing to restore the Grove team to its former glory, with long-time Mercedes man James Vowles brought in to oversee the revamp as its new team principal for 2023.

Autosport

Supercars Adelaide: Rookie Payne dominates finale, Van Gisbergen retires

The 21-year-old Supercars rookie completely dominated the 250km race after starting second in his Grove Racing Ford Mustang. He leapt away at the start and built a lead of four seconds over newly-crowned champion Brodie Kostecki in 20 laps, and controlled the race almost at will, to win by 8.54…

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Albon: Final races about Williams “holding on” in F1 battle for P7

The Grove team switched its RD focus to next year’s some months ago and had not brought any new parts to the track, while rivals AlphaTauri, Haas and Alfa Romeo have continued to develop their cars.

Autosport

Supercars set for post-season wind tunnel tests

Parity was back in the spotlight over the Sandown 500 weekend with the best of the Camaros looking like the faster package.

Motorsport

Tander explains frightening Sandown crash

The veteran was running fourth in the early stages of the Supercars endurance curtain raiser when his Grove Mustang was tipped into a high-speed spin at Dandenong Road.

Motorsport

Vowles: F1 teams guilty of "recycling" too many motorsport personnel

In his first major signing since taking charge at Grove, ex-Mercedes head of strategy Vowles has recruited veteran engineer Pat Fry as chief technical officer from Alpine.

Autosport

Vowles: Five-year plans "remarkably meaningless" in F1

Former Mercedes man Vowles took over the reins of Williams at the start of this year, having been appointed by owners Dorilton Capital to oversee a complete overhaul of the historic Grove squad.

Autosport

Vowles: Driver honesty best way of getting new F1 talent

In late 2022, the Grove team tied down lead driver Alex Albon on a multi-year contract, but uncertainty surrounds the future of his stablemate Logan Sargeant for next season.

Autosport

Williams F1 success is still a five-year project, says Vowles

Former Mercedes head of strategy Vowles took control of the Grove outfit in February as the replacement for ex-Volkswagen motorsport boss Jost Capito, who left after two years.

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Williams F1 still on crutches but recovery is underway, says Vowles

Vowles has been at the helm since February and after a three-month back and forth, managed to tempt Alpine chief technical officer Pat Fry to join the Grove squad from 1 November.

Autosport

Williams still on crutches but F1 recovery is underway, says Vowles

Vowles has been at the helm since February and after a three-month back and forth, managed to tempt Alpine chief technical officer Pat Fry to join the Grove squad from 1 November.

Motorsport

F1 capital expenditure allowance puts stability at risk - Vasseur

Williams team principal James Vowles has led the quest for extra leeway on investment spending within the cost cap restrictions in order to allow the Grove outfit to update its outdated factory infrastructure.

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F1 capital expenditure allowance will become a “non-end process” - Vasseur

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Alpine F1 team in period of "pain and trouble" - Vowles

Williams has lured Alpine's Pat Fry to Grove. His appointment was confirmed minutes after the French squad revealed team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane will leave after this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Motorsport

Williams F1: Albon's calmness and confidence "spreading around the garage"

After playing a starring role in Canada, sealing six points for seventh place, Albon just missed out on the top 10 in Austria. But the Anglo-Thai driver took another haul of points with eighth at Silverstone to lift Williams above Alfa Romeo in the constructors' standings, delivering all of the…

Chronicle Live

What actually happened to Byker Grove? Mystery of building that wasn't even in Byker

The Byker Grove building was just as famous as its cast as the show pulled in millions of viewers in the 90s

Liverpool Echo

Where the Byker Grove cast are now as Ant and Dec bring show back

The Newcastle drama was a huge deal in the 90s

Chronicle Live

Ant and Dec's Byker Grove delight as show returns to TV with duo as executive producers

Ant and Dec are over the moon to be executive producers for the reboot of Byker Grove, the show that shot them to fame in the 90s

Chronicle Live

Byker Grove to return to TV with new name and Ant and Dec as executive producers

Over 30 years after making its debut, iconic children's drama Byker Grove is coming back with Ant and Dec as executive producers

Motorsport

Grove Racing unveils Indigenous livery

Darwin will once again host the official Indigenous round for the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship.

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