#1. he was busy with endurance racing and wouldn't have made it to monza anyway probably
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Not to defend James Vowles but y'all do realise that when he said Mick isn't special he didn't mean "Mick is a loser and I hate him and also he sucks at driving". Like you do realise that right?
To me that very much comes across as a poorly worded way of saying "Mick's a good driver, sure, but he's not the kind of one in a million driver who's so good that you'd put him in an unfamiliar car with no FP1 sessions, no sim time, and the risk that the team he's already got a contract with could take him away the second they need him, leaving us to find yet another replacement. Given those risks, we'd rather go with someone we already have a contract with who we've at least had the chance to give some sim time to so he knows what to expect and we know what to expect"
#like yes at first I was like wtf why not sign Mick??#but then I thought about it and realised that there would be a few reasons#1. he was busy with endurance racing and wouldn't have made it to monza anyway probably#2. he would still be merc's reserve driver so if George or Lewis got sick they would call him in and Williams would need another new driver#(aside from Helmut apparently saying no I imagine this was also a factor in not choosing Liam)#3. it looks good for them to bring up someone from their own academy and it'll encourage more drivers to join their academy if they can see#an actual chance to go to f1 with it#anyway I get we don't like him at the moment and I agree he hasn't handled it great on social media and stuff but James is actually not evil#and he's making some tough and shitty decisions but they're ultimately good decisions for the team#and given that his job is to do what's best for the team even if it's not fun I actually think maybe it's not a bad thing? Hot take I know#williams racing#williams f1#james vowles
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