Williams Racing, legally known as Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, is a British Solution One group and constructor. It was established by Frank Williams (1942–-- 2021) and Patrick Head. The group was formed in 1977 after Frank Williams's earlier unsuccessful F1 procedure, Frank Williams Competing Cars (which later ended up being Wolf–-- Williams Racing 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 brand-new team ran a March chassis for Patrick Nève. Williams started making its very own vehicles 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 group's 100th race success, making Williams among only 5 groups in Solution One, along with Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, and Red Bull Racing to win 100 races. Williams won 9 Builders' Championships between 1980 and 1997. This was a record up until Ferrari won its tenth championship in 2000. Noteworthy vehicle drivers for Williams consist of: Alan Jones, Keke Rosberg, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hillside, 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 vehicle 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 team; as Piquet transferred to Lotus after winning the 1987 champion; Mansell left F1 to contend in the CART collection after winning the 1992 champion, Prost retired after winning the 1993 championship, and Hillside relocated to Arrows after winning the 1996 champion. None of Williams's Motorists' Champions took place to win one more championship after their success with Williams. Williams have actually dealt with several engine suppliers, the majority of successfully with Renault, winning five of their 9 Builders' titles with the business. Along with Ferrari, McLaren, Benetton and Renault, Williams is just one of a team of five groups that won every Constructors' Championship in between 1979 and 2008 and every Vehicle drivers' Champion from 1984 to 2008. Williams also has company interests past Solution One. They have actually established Williams Advanced Engineering and Williams Crossbreed Power, that take modern technology initially developed for Solution One and adjust it for business applications. In April 2014, Williams Hybrid Power was offered to GKN. In May 2020, Williams announced they were looking for buyers for a portion of the team as a result of inadequate monetary performance in 2019 which they had ended the contract of title sponsor ROKiT. On 21 August 2020, Williams was obtained by Dorilton Capital. Frank and Claire Williams stepped down from being Supervisor and Replacement 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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