The team has been without a technical leader since the December exit of Francois-Xavier Demaison, although Williams announced earlier this month that it had signed Alpine veteran engineer Pat Fry as its chief technical officer, but he will not start until the winter.
The team is also still yet to appoint a technical director - likely to be a rival’s design second-in-command looking for a leading role – as it conceives the 2024 challenger.
With work already well under way on the new car, Vowles has revealed that he has effectively assembled a committee to devise the early development.
He explained: “Pat [Fry] won’t be here with us in time to really have an influence on certainly the early elements of next year’s car.
“I’ve formed a group of individuals, which includes some strong people from aerodynamics: Dave Warner, who’s acting as our interim technical director, myself as well, Dave Robson [head of vehicle performance].
“It’s not the optimum way of doing it but there are a group of individuals that are basically agreeing the direction of travel that we should be going in.
“All of us are sensible decision-makers but it means we’re united in our view of where we’re going.”
Source: Autosport