Williams Competing, lawfully known as Williams Grand Prix Design Limited, is a British Formula One group and manufacturer. It was founded by Frank Williams (1942–-- 2021) and Patrick Head. The team was formed in 1977 after Frank Williams's earlier not successful F1 operation, Frank Williams Racing Cars (which later on ended up being Wolf–-- Williams Racing in 1976). The group is based in Grove, Oxfordshire, on a 60-acre (24 ha) site. The group's initial race was the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix, where the new team ran a March framework for Patrick Nève. Williams began making its very own automobiles 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 scored the team's 100th race success, making Williams among just five groups in Solution One, alongside Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, and Red Bull Racing to win 100 races. Williams won nine Contractors' Champions in between 1980 and 1997. This was a record up until Ferrari won its tenth champion in 2000. Notable 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 motorists, Jones, Rosberg, Mansell, Hill, Piquet, Prost, and Villeneuve won the Drivers' title with the group. Of those who have won the champion with Williams, just Jones, Rosberg and Villeneuve safeguarded their title while still with the team; as Piquet moved to Lotus after winning the 1987 champion; Mansell left F1 to compete in the CART collection after winning the 1992 championship, Prost retired after winning the 1993 champion, and Hill relocated to Arrows after winning the 1996 champion. None of Williams's Motorists' Champions took place to win one more champion after their success with Williams. Williams have worked with several engine makers, the majority of effectively with Renault, winning 5 of their 9 Fabricators' titles with the business. Along with Ferrari, McLaren, Benetton and Renault, Williams is one of a group of 5 teams that won every Constructors' Championship between 1979 and 2008 and every Vehicle drivers' Championship from 1984 to 2008. Williams additionally has business rate of interests past Formula One. They have actually established Williams Advanced Design and Williams Crossbreed Power, who take technology originally developed for Formula One and adjust it for business applications. In April 2014, Williams Crossbreed Power was offered to GKN. In May 2020, Williams revealed they were seeking buyers for a part of the team as a result of bad monetary efficiency in 2019 which they had actually terminated the agreement of title sponsor ROKiT. On 21 August 2020, Williams was obtained by Dorilton Capital. Frank and Claire Williams tipped 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 corresponding settings.
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