{"id":427479,"date":"2025-09-15T23:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/427479\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T23:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:39:12","slug":"james-vowles-completes-two-day-mclaren-720s-gt3-evo-test-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/427479\/","title":{"rendered":"James Vowles completes two-day McLaren 720S GT3 Evo test in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Williams Formula 1 team principal James Vowles has made the most of the week-long break between the Italian and Azerbaijan Grands Prix by taking to the wheel of a McLaren 720S GT3 Evo for two days of GT3 testing in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The test took place at the\u00a0Circuito de Navarra in Spain. Vowles returned to Garage 59, with which he raced in GT in the Asian Le Mans Series in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Spent a fantastic two days at the Circuito de Navarra in Spain. Mostly dry and a great technical circuit,&#8221; the team principal shared on social media. &#8220;I was driving a McLaren 720S GT3 Evo with Garage 59. It was great to be back with a team that I have a strong history with.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was rusty to start, it\u2019s been a few years out of a GT3 but very happy with where we ended up after two days of testing. I had to hang up most of my engineering brain and focus on driving &#8211; and loved every second. More to follow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, which is currently used by Garage 59, CSA Racing, Optimum Motorsport and Team RJN in the GT World Challenge Europe, boasts a V8 twin-turbocharged engine with 740bhp and a top speed of 212mph.<\/p>\n<p>Vowles joined Williams as team principal in 2023 after a long stint at Mercedes from 2010 to 2022. Since he joined the Grove outfit, the team has seen a significant boost in performance and an increase in partnerships. The team rose from 10th in 2022 to seventh in the constructors&#8217; standings in 2023, before a drop to ninth in 2024. As it currently stands in 2025, Williams sits fifth in the championship.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757979552_349_james-vowles-team-principal-of.jpg\" alt=\"James Vowles, Team Principal of Williams \" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">James Vowles, Team Principal of Williams<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Shu Zelin \/ Paddocker \/ NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Vowles signed a new long-term deal with the team in June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted to sign a new contract with Atlassian Williams Racing, which has felt like home from the moment I walked through the door,&#8221; Vowles explained at the time of the announcement. &#8220;This iconic team has already given me some incredible memories and we are all united in our ambition to build on our legacy and win world championships again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past two years, we have focused on fixing the foundations, and now have a platform to go for glory in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In this article<\/p>\n<p>Be the first to know and subscribe for real-time news email updates on these topics<\/p>\n<p>    Subscribe to news alerts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Williams Formula 1 team principal James Vowles has made the most of the week-long break between the Italian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[145534,145535,4199,707,4200,25005,145838,969,79,970,16,15,4857],"class_list":{"0":"post-427479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-azerbaijan-gp","9":"tag-baku-city-circuit","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-james-vowles","14":"tag-james-vowles-completes-two-day-mclaren-720s-gt3-evo-test-in-spain","15":"tag-nosyndicate","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-trendingteam","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-williams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115210955358081875","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}