Williams Racing, legitimately called Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, is a British Formula One group and manufacturer. It was started by Frank Williams (1942–-- 2021) and Patrick Head. The group was formed in 1977 after Frank Williams's earlier unsuccessful F1 procedure, Frank Williams Racing Automobiles (which later on became 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 new team ran a March chassis for Patrick Nève. Williams began making 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 team's 100th race victory, making Williams among only five groups in Formula One, together with Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, and Red Bull Competing to win 100 races. Williams won nine Contractors' Champions in between 1980 and 1997. This was a document until Ferrari won its tenth champion in 2000. Significant vehicle drivers 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 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, just Jones, Rosberg and Villeneuve defended their title while still with the team; as Piquet relocated to Lotus after winning the 1987 championship; Mansell left F1 to contend in the CART collection after winning the 1992 championship, Prost retired after winning the 1993 champion, and Hillside transferred to Arrows after winning the 1996 champion. None of Williams's Vehicle drivers' Champions took place to win another champion after their success with Williams. Williams have worked with several engine producers, a lot of efficiently with Renault, winning five of their nine Contractors' titles with the firm. Together with Ferrari, McLaren, Benetton and Renault, Williams is just one of a group of 5 groups that won every Erectors' Champion in between 1979 and 2008 and every Drivers' Champion from 1984 to 2008. Williams additionally has company passions past Solution One. They have actually developed Williams Advanced Design and Williams Crossbreed Power, that take modern technology initially developed for Solution One and adapt it for business applications. In April 2014, Williams Hybrid Power was sold to GKN. In Might 2020, Williams announced they were seeking customers for a part of the group as a result of poor monetary efficiency in 2019 which they had ended the agreement of title sponsor ROKiT. On 21 August 2020, Williams was acquired by Dorilton Funding. Frank and Claire Williams tipped down from being Supervisor and Replacement Supervisor 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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