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Vowles banned from poaching Mercedes staff

Apr.20 James Vowles says he was prohibited from taking Mercedes personnel with him to Williams. Mercedes' former strategy boss succeeded the ousted Jost Capito to become Williams' new team principal this year. He says the struggling former champions began to decline some years ago because the team was merely fighting to survive from one season to the next. 'Was enough money invested to keep up?' Vowles told Auto Motor und Sport. 'The answer is no. 'When you walk through the factory, you realise that there was a lack of investment. And when that happens, you lose touch with what's good, what's great, and what's not going so well.' He defends the decline on the basis that Williams was in...
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