Williams Racing, lawfully called Williams Grand Prix Design Limited, is a British Formula One group and erector. It was started 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 Autos (which later became Wolf–-- Williams Competing in 1976). The group is based in Grove, Oxfordshire, on a 60-acre (24 ha) website. The team's first race was the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix, where the new group ran a March framework for Patrick Nève. Williams began producing 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 racked up the team's 100th race success, making Williams one of just 5 groups in Solution One, alongside Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, and Red Bull Racing to win 100 races. Williams won nine Contractors' Championships in between 1980 and 1997. This was a document up until Ferrari won its tenth championship in 2000. Noteworthy chauffeurs for Williams include: Alan Jones, Keke Rosberg, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hillside, David Coulthard, Jenson Switch, Juan Pablo Montoya, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna, Riccardo Patrese, Valtteri Bottas, Carlos Reutemann, Felipe Massa and Jacques Villeneuve. Of these vehicle drivers, Jones, Rosberg, Mansell, Hillside, Piquet, Prost, and Villeneuve won the Drivers' title with the team. Of those that have actually won the championship with Williams, only Jones, Rosberg and Villeneuve safeguarded their title while still with the team; as Piquet relocated to Lotus after winning the 1987 championship; Mansell left F1 to complete in the CART series after winning the 1992 champion, Prost retired after winning the 1993 championship, and Hill relocated to Arrows after winning the 1996 championship. None of Williams's Motorists' Champions took place to win another championship after their success with Williams. Williams have actually worked with several engine suppliers, a lot of successfully with Renault, winning five of their 9 Builders' titles with the firm. In addition to Ferrari, McLaren, Benetton and Renault, Williams is just one of a team of five groups that won every Fitters' Championship between 1979 and 2008 and every Chauffeurs' Championship from 1984 to 2008. Williams likewise has organization passions beyond Formula One. They have actually developed Williams Advanced Engineering and Williams Crossbreed Power, who take modern technology initially developed for Solution One and adapt it for industrial applications. In April 2014, Williams Crossbreed Power was marketed to GKN. In May 2020, Williams revealed they were seeking customers for a portion of the group as a result of bad monetary performance in 2019 which they had actually ended the contract of title sponsor ROKiT. On 21 August 2020, Williams was acquired by Dorilton Resources. Frank and Claire Williams tipped down from being Supervisor and Deputy Supervisor of the team on 6 September 2020, with the 2020 Italian Grand Prix being their last time in their particular settings.
.