WILLIAMS
Full Team Name: Williams Racing
Chairman:
Team Principal: James Vowles
Chassis: FW45
Power Unit: Mercedes
World Championships: 9
Drivers: 23. Alexander Albon
2. Logan Sargeant
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, currently racing in Formula One
as Williams Racing, is a British Formula One team and constructor. It was
founded by Frank Williams (1942–2021) and Patrick Head. The team was formed in
1977 after Frank Williams's earlier unsuccessful F1 operation: Frank Williams
Racing Cars (which later became Wolf–Williams Racing in 1976). The team is
based in Grove, Oxfordshire.
The team's first race was the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix. Williams started
manufacturing its own cars the following year, and Clay Regazzoni won
Williams's first race at the 1979 British Grand Prix. At the 1997 British Grand
Prix, Jacques Villeneuve scored the team's 100th race victory, making Williams
one of only five teams in Formula One, alongside Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes,
and Red Bull Racing to win 100 races. Williams won nine Constructors'
Championships between 1980 and 1997. This was a record until Ferrari won its
tenth championship in 2000.
Williams have worked with many engine manufacturers, most successfully
with Renault, winning five of their nine Constructors' titles with the company.
Along with Ferrari, McLaren, Benetton and Renault, Williams is one of a group
of five teams that won every Constructors' Championship between 1979 and 2008
and every Drivers' Championship from 1984 to 2008.
Williams also has business interests beyond Formula One. They have
established Williams Advanced Engineering and Williams Hybrid Power, who take
technology originally developed for Formula One and adapt it for commercial
applications.
In May 2020, Williams announced they were seeking buyers for a portion
of the team due to poor financial performance in 2019 and that they had
terminated the contract of title sponsor ROKiT. On 21 August 2020, Williams was
acquired by Dorilton Capital.
Frank and Claire Williams stepped down from being Manager and Deputy
Manager of the team on 6 September 2020, with the 2020 Italian Grand Prix being
their last time in their respective positions.
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