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Piers Courage in a Williams entered Brabham BT26A at the 1969 British Grand Prix.. Frank Williams had been a motor-racing enthusiast since a young age, and after a career in saloon cars and Formula Three, backed by Williams's shrewd instincts as a dealer in racing cars and spares, he realised he'd reached his peak as a driver and started entering other drivers, in particular his friend and ...
Sir Francis Owen Garbett Williams CBE (16 April 1942 – 28 November 2021) was a British businessman, motorsport executive and racing driver. From 1977 to 2020, Williams served as co-founder, team principal and co-owner of Williams in Formula One , winning nine World Constructors' Championship titles between 1980 and 1997 .
Frank Williams, founder of Williams Racing. Frank Williams founded Williams in 1977 after his previous team, Frank Williams Racing Cars, failed to achieve the success he desired. Despite the promise of a new owner, Canadian millionaire Walter Wolf, and the team's rebranding as Wolf–Williams Racing in 1976, the cars
Articles about Formula One cars constructed by Frank Williams Racing Cars and Williams Grand Prix Engineering. Pages in category "Williams Formula One cars" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.
The Williams FW was a Formula One car used by Frank Williams Racing Cars during the 1973, 1974 and 1975 seasons. It was designed by John Clarke. It was designed by John Clarke. The car was initially designated in 1973 as the Iso–Marlboro IR and two examples started the season.
The De Tomaso 505/38 is a Formula One racing car model, designed by Giampaolo Dallara for Italian car-manufacturer De Tomaso and raced during the 1970 Formula One season by Frank Williams Racing Cars. The car was uncompetitive on debut, failing to finish or be classified the first four races of the year. Disaster struck at the following Dutch ...
The Williams FW06 was the first car produced by the combination of Frank Williams and Patrick Head for their Williams Grand Prix Engineering Formula One team. As was the standard arrangement for the many small British garagiste teams, the car was powered by the Cosworth DFV 3.0 litre V8 engine.
Finally becoming disillusioned by his lack of success Head quit motor racing to work on building boats, but was lured back by Williams to join his team, which Head did during 1975. In 1976, thirty-four-year-old Frank Williams decided that the time was right to re-form his own team and promptly set about luring Head back into Formula One.