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Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited (
FWB: WGF1), currently racing in
Formula One as
Williams Martini Racing, is a
British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It is founded and run by team owner
Sir Frank Williams and automotive engineer
Sir Patrick Head. The team was formed in
1977 after
Frank Williams' two earlier unsuccessful F1 operations:
Frank Williams Racing Cars (
1969 to
1975) and
Walter Wolf Racing (
1976). All of Williams F1 chassis are called "FW" then a number, the FW being the initials of team owner, Frank Williams.
Williams's first race was the
1977 Spanish Grand Prix, where the new team ran a March chassis for
Patrick Nève. Williams started manufacturing its own cars the following year, and
Switzerland's
Clay Regazzoni won Williams's first race at the
1979 British Grand Prix. At the
1997 British Grand Prix,
Canadian Jacques Villeneuve scored the team's
100th race victory, making Williams one of only three teams in Formula One, alongside
Ferrari and fellow
British team McLaren, to win
100 races. Williams won nine Constructors' Championships between
1980 and
1997. This stood as a record until Ferrari surpassed it in
2000.
Many famous racing drivers have driven for Williams, including
Australia's Alan Jones;
Finland's Keke Rosberg;
Britain's
Nigel Mansell,
Damon Hill and
Jenson Button;
France's
Alain Prost;
Brazil's
Nelson Piquet and
Ayrton Senna, and
Canada's Jacques Villeneuve, each of whom, with the exception of
Senna and
Button, have captured one drivers' title with the team. Interestingly, of those who have won the championship with Williams, only
Jones, Rosberg and
Villeneuve actually defended their title while still with the team. Piquet moved to
Lotus after winning the
1987 championship, Mansell moved to the American-based
Indy Cars after winning the
1992 championship,
Prost retired from racing after his
4th World Championship in
1993, while
Hill moved to
Arrows after winning in
1996.
Williams have worked with many notable engine manufacturers, most successfully with
Renault: Williams won five of their nine constructors' titles with the
French 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 F1 also has business interests beyond
Formula One racing. It has established Williams
Advanced Engineering and
Williams Hybrid Power which take technology originally developed for Formula One and adapt it for commercial applications. In
April 2014, Williams Hybrid Power were sold to
GKN. Williams Advanced Engineering had a technology centre in
Qatar until it was closed in 2014.
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