After switching from multiple title winner Mercedes, Vowles has admitted some surprise regarding facilities that he said in certain areas were 20 years out of date.
It was why he pushed hard, and achieved some success, in changing F1’s capital expenditure limits to free up the possibility for much-needed investment to help address Williams' shortfalls.
While some may have been put off by how much catch-up was needed to help that charge up to the front of the grid, Vowles sees things very differently.
Off the back of Williams' best-scoring season since 2017, which helped it grab seventh in the constructors’ championship, Vowles thinks that achieving what it did in spite of its deficits is a huge boost as the squad lays out ambitious targets for the future.
Speaking to Autosport about the infrastructure situation, Vowles said: “I like it. And here's why I like it. This team has done incredibly well before I joined, and even when I've been here, because it's driven by passion. It's a true racing team.
“Any time I keep looking at our facilities, structures, infrastructure, methods, and realise how far behind we are, I'm only encouraged by it.
“We're here where we are today, and I can't wait until we get a lot of it fixed because we'll be in a much better place. And in a short space of time too, because there's quite a bit, still, of low-hanging fruit left over that we can pick up.“
Source: Autosport