James Vowles Shares a Fresh Focus for Second Half

As Formula 1 heads towards the second half of the 2025 campaign, Team Principal James Vowles offered a reflection on what’s gone right, and what needs to improve, in the rounds to come.

Speaking on the latest episode of The Vowles Verdict, presented by Kraken, he said: “Let’s start with Carlos. I think we haven't delivered everything we can with him this year, and it's been an accumulation of aspects.”

With Spa marking the start of the second half of the calendar, James is keen to look forward.

“For me it's about drawing a line in the sand and moving forward from Spa onwards,” he said. “We have a number of really good races coming up for us, and it's about delivering the results.

“It’s making sure we start to really focus on why we're not getting everything out of Qualifying and dig into that to get the best performance possible. And so for Carlos, it's achieving the results that I know we are capable of together – which we haven't done this year.”

On the other side of the garage, the focus for Alex Albon is about maintaining the early-season momentum – and converting it consistently into points.

“In the case of Alex, it's building on what we did at the beginning of the year,” JV explained. “We recognise we’ve fallen back a little bit, but it’s about moving forward with the car performance and making sure we start to extract everything out of Qualifying that we can – allowing him to continue that point score tally that he's built up so well across the first half of the season.”

As ever, the message from Vowles is one of progress.

“Ultimately, it’s using the first half as a learning experience – and making sure we build consistently on our way forward now for the second half.”

You can hear more of James’ reflections from the British Grand Prix in the latest episode of The Vowles Verdict, presented by Kraken.