He said he believed Williams had "great potential" and was "confident we can move up the grid".He said Dorilton, which took over in 2020, was prepared to put in the funding required to improve the team but that "the impact will take a while to properly kick in".Vowles said the idea of becoming a team principal had been in his mind "for many years" and was grateful to Mercedes for helping him makes steps towards it before this opportunity arose.