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Our efficiency level is not at the level of a team that's been doing this for
10 years
— James Vowles
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Ferrari's relentless upgrade pace has the paddock asking how it is even possible under a budget cap. Williams team principal James Vowles gave the honest answer, and it is not about money. "Even if I had everything on time and working, our efficiency level is not at the level of a Formula 1 team that's an established way of working for 10 years. That's just a fact," Vowles said. "They have a far more efficient set of processes behind them." The real gap is the supply network. "Take Williams, we didn't have an external supply network at the right level because there's no funds to pay them fundamentally. Mercedes for 12 years built up a relationship to have the best suppliers and the best people in their suppliers working on their product on time. If that's missing, in two years I'm trying to build up what happened elsewhere for 10 years. That won't happen overnight." Behind Ferrari's step is Loic Serra, the former Mercedes performance director, who came from Michelin with deep vehicle dynamics knowledge and made aero, chassis, suspension, tyres and power unit work as one system. The advantage is not the upgrades. It is the machine that produces them. 📸📰 via RacingNews365 #F1 #Ferrari #Williams #Vowles
