# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-vowles
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:12:58.880Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-vowles"
name: "James Vowles"
slug: "james-vowles"
description: "James Patrick Vowles is a British racing driver, motorsport engineer and Team Principal of Williams. Before joining Williams, he was the motorsport strategy director at Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team. He was also responsible for the Brawn GP race strategy, which was critical to the team's championship-winning 2009 season. He has worked in Formula One for over 20 years, including under the leadership of team principals David Richards, Ross Brawn, and Toto Wolff, and has played a key role in nine Constructors' Championships, eight Drivers' Championships and over 100 Grand Prix wins."
tagline: "British motorsport engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Vowles_at_Goodwood_FOS.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1979-06-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.288108
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm16405520/"
    handle:    "nm16405520"
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    title: "James Vowles"
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    title: "James Vowles"
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    title: "James Vowles"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Vowles"
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    title: "James Vowles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump