James Vowles


James P. Vowles is a British motorsport engineer. He is currently the Chief Strategist at Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Formula One Team.
Vowles has worked in many Formula One teams as a race engineer and strategist and enjoyed success. With two different teams Formula One teams he has won 7 Constructors' Championships and over 100 Grands Prix. Vowles was responsible for the Brawn GP race strategy, which was critical to the team's championship-winning 2009 campaign. After working with the championship-winning Brawn GP, James moved to Mercedes in 2010.

Career

Vowles started his career as an engineer at British American Racing and Honda Racing F1. He was promoted to race Strategist at Brawn GP after the team saved by a management buyout of Honda Racing F1 Team led by Ross Brawn. He was instrumental in the team's championship-winning 2009 campaign. The team was later bought by Mercedes.

Education

Vowles attended the International School of Geneva, graduating in 1997. He went on to the University of East Anglia obtaining a degree in Computer Science in 2000, followed by a Master's degree in Motorsport Engineering and Management from Cranfield University in 2001, receiving the Prodrive Award of Excellence.