Williams Racing, legally known as Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, is a British Solution One team and builder. It was established by Frank Williams (1942–-- 2021) and Patrick Head. The team was formed in 1977 after Frank Williams's earlier not successful F1 procedure, Frank Williams Racing Cars and trucks (which later on came to be Wolf–-- Williams Competing in 1976). The group is based in Grove, Oxfordshire, on a 60-acre (24 ha) site. The group's first race was the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix, where the brand-new team ran a March framework for Patrick Nève. Williams began producing its very own vehicles the following year, and Clay Regazzoni won Williams's initial race at the 1979 British Grand Prix. At the 1997 British Grand Prix, Jacques Villeneuve racked up the group's 100th race triumph, making Williams among only 5 teams in Solution One, together with Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, and Red Bull Competing to win 100 races. Williams won 9 Manufacturers' Champions between 1980 and 1997. This was a document until Ferrari won its tenth champion in 2000. Noteworthy motorists for Williams consist of: Alan Jones, Keke Rosberg, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Jenson Button, Juan Pablo Montoya, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna, Riccardo Patrese, Valtteri Bottas, Carlos Reutemann, Felipe Massa and Jacques Villeneuve. Of these drivers, Jones, Rosberg, Mansell, Hill, Piquet, Prost, and Villeneuve won the Drivers' title with the team. Of those who have won the champion with Williams, only Jones, Rosberg and Villeneuve protected their title while still with the group; as Piquet transferred to Lotus after winning the 1987 championship; Mansell left F1 to complete in the CART series after winning the 1992 championship, Prost retired after winning the 1993 champion, and Hillside moved to Arrows after winning the 1996 champion. None of Williams's Drivers' Champions took place to win one more champion after their success with Williams. Williams have dealt with many engine manufacturers, a lot of successfully with Renault, winning 5 of their nine Producers' titles with the company. Together with Ferrari, McLaren, Benetton and Renault, Williams is one of a team of five teams that won every Builders' Championship in between 1979 and 2008 and every Motorists' Champion from 1984 to 2008. Williams also has business passions beyond Solution One. They have developed Williams Advanced Engineering and Williams Crossbreed Power, who take innovation initially developed for Formula One and adapt it for commercial applications. In April 2014, Williams Hybrid Power was offered to GKN. In May 2020, Williams introduced they were looking for buyers for a part of the group due to poor monetary efficiency in 2019 which they had actually terminated the contract of title enroller ROKiT. On 21 August 2020, Williams was obtained by Dorilton Resources. 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 particular settings.
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