Williams Racing, legally called Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, is a British Solution One team and contractor. It was started by Frank Williams (1942–-- 2021) and Patrick Head. The team was developed in 1977 after Frank Williams's earlier unsuccessful F1 procedure, Frank Williams Racing Cars and trucks (which later ended up being Wolf–-- Williams Racing in 1976). The team 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 framework for Patrick Nève. Williams began manufacturing its very own autos 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 teams in Solution One, together with Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, and Red Bull Competing to win 100 races. Williams won nine Fitters' Champions in between 1980 and 1997. This was a document until Ferrari won its tenth champion in 2000. Remarkable vehicle drivers 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 chauffeurs, Jones, Rosberg, Mansell, Hillside, Piquet, Prost, and Villeneuve won the Drivers' title with the team. Of those who have won the champion with Williams, just 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 compete 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 Vehicle drivers' Champions went on to win an additional champion after their success with Williams. Williams have dealt with many engine suppliers, many efficiently with Renault, winning five of their 9 Erectors' titles with the firm. In addition to Ferrari, McLaren, Benetton and Renault, Williams is among a group of 5 groups that won every Erectors' Championship in between 1979 and 2008 and every Vehicle drivers' Champion from 1984 to 2008. Williams also has company interests past Formula One. They have actually developed Williams Advanced Engineering and Williams Crossbreed Power, that take innovation initially developed for Solution One and adapt it for commercial applications. In April 2014, Williams Crossbreed Power was marketed to GKN. In May 2020, Williams announced they were seeking purchasers for a portion of the group as a result of inadequate economic efficiency in 2019 and that they had terminated the agreement of title enroller ROKiT. On 21 August 2020, Williams was acquired by Dorilton Funding. 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 particular positions.
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