Williams Competing, legally known as Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, is a British Solution One team and builder. It was started by Frank Williams (1942–-- 2021) and Patrick Head. The group was developed in 1977 after Frank Williams's earlier unsuccessful F1 operation, Frank Williams Competing Cars (which later ended up being Wolf–-- Williams Racing in 1976). The team is based in Grove, Oxfordshire, on a 60-acre (24 ha) site. The group's very first race was the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix, where the new team ran a March framework for Patrick Nève. Williams began manufacturing its very own cars and trucks the list below 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 victory, making Williams one of just 5 groups in Solution One, alongside Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, and Red Bull Competing to win 100 races. Williams won nine Erectors' Championships between 1980 and 1997. This was a record until Ferrari won its tenth championship in 2000. Notable motorists for Williams include: 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, 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 protected their title while still with the team; as Piquet relocated to Lotus after winning the 1987 champion; Mansell left F1 to compete in the CART collection after winning the 1992 champion, Prost retired after winning the 1993 champion, and Hillside relocated to Arrows after winning the 1996 champion. None of Williams's Chauffeurs' Champions went on to win one more championship after their success with Williams. Williams have actually dealt with many engine producers, the majority of efficiently with Renault, winning 5 of their nine Fitters' titles with the business. Along with Ferrari, McLaren, Benetton and Renault, Williams is among a group of five groups that won every Manufacturers' Championship in between 1979 and 2008 and every Chauffeurs' Champion from 1984 to 2008. Williams additionally has service interests beyond Formula One. They have actually established Williams Advanced Design and Williams Crossbreed Power, that take modern technology originally established for Solution One and adjust it for industrial applications. In April 2014, Williams Hybrid Power was sold to GKN. In May 2020, Williams introduced they were seeking customers for a part of the team due to inadequate monetary performance in 2019 and that they had ended the agreement of title enroller ROKiT. On 21 August 2020, Williams was obtained by Dorilton Funding. Frank and Claire Williams stepped down from being Manager and Deputy Supervisor of the group on 6 September 2020, with the 2020 Italian Grand Prix being their last time in their respective placements.
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