Williams Racing

William Racing is a Formula One team that was founded by Frank Williams and engineer Patrick Head in 1977. The first car built by the team was the FW06, and the team built from there. The following year, Williams won the Constructor's Championship, before switching to Honda turbo engines to compete with drivers Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell, winning the Constructor's Championship and a Drivers' Championship with Piquet in 1987, after missing it with Mansell in the previous year. All vehicles manufactured by Williams Racing take the FW moniker for founder Frank Williams.

William Racing is a Formula One team that aswas founded by Frank Williams and engineer Patrick Head in 1977. The first car built by the team, was the FW06, the following year and the team built from there. The following year, Williams won the constructorsConstructor's championshipChampionship, before switching to Honda turbo engines to compete with drivers Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell, winning back-to-backthe constructorConstructor's championship,Championship and a driver'sDrivers' Championship with Piquet in 1987, after missing it with Mansell in the previous year. All vehicles manufactured by Williams Racing take the FW moniker for founder Frank Williams.

Through the 1990s, Williams developed dominant cars, with very capable drivers, includingdrivers—including Alain Prost, who won his fourth driver'sDrivers' championshipChampionship title with the team, who alsoand earned another constructorsConstructors' championshipChampionship. After Prost's retirement, Ayrton Senna joined in 1994, which ended in what proved to be atragedy tragic partnership that sawwhen Senna was killed on the track in the third race of the season. Damon Hill leadled the team to a title in 1996, before Jacques Villeneuve followed with another championship in the following year. Since the 1990s, Williams struggled, with engine supplier Renault leaving and a partnership with BMW bringing race wins, but not championships. In 2013, Williams became a Mercedes engine customer, but their decline continued until the team came into a crisis in 2018, coming in last in the constructorsConstructors' championshipChampionship.

Other drivers for Williams have included:

In 2020, Williams was purchased by new ownersowner Dorilton Capital, announcing at the same time the end of the team as a family business, with no surviving member of the Williams family in a significant role with the team. The team had previously been regarded as the final independent, family-run teamsteam in Formula 1. Jost Capito has been named the CEO of the new team, and has been working to modernize Williams''s facilities and machinery, and increasingincrease the teamsteam's capabilities in order to move up the rankings and return the team to contention.

In 2022, Williams will bring the teamsteam's FW44 car, driven by theirits lineup of Nicholas Latifi and Alexander Albon. In 2021, the team was able to achieve a first place finish with departed driver George Russel. Although this place was achieved in part due to weather, the team spent their 2021 season developing the FW44 for the new regulations, with the expectation that the development time will give the outfit a competitive package.

The design of the FW44 is different that its competitors, first in its use of side pods whichthat ramp downward dramatically to draw air down and increase overall downforce. And theThe car also uses a sloped radiator cutout to create a channel for airflow, to continue directing direct the air to block wash from the front tires, away from the chassis, and reduce the possibility of disrupting the overall aerodynamic package. Some of the new 2022 regulations, specifically the 18-inch wheels, have concerned the drivers, as the higher front wheels havereduce reduceda the driversdriver's visibility.

The Williams FW06.

William Racing is a Formula One team that as founded by Frank Williams and engineer Patrick Head in 1977. The first car built by the team, the FW06, the following year and the team built from there. The following year, Williams won the constructors championship, before switching to Honda turbo engines to compete with drivers Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell, winning back-to-back constructor's championship, and a driver's Championship with Piquet in 1987, after missing it with Mansell in the previous year. All vehicles manufactured by Williams Racing take the FW moniker for founder Frank Williams.

Ayrton Senna driving the Williams car in 1994.

Jacque Villeneuve in the championship winning Williams car.

Through the 1990s, Williams developed dominant cars, with very capable drivers, including Alain Prost, who won his fourth driver's championship title with the team, who also earned another constructors' championship. After Prost's retirement, Ayrton Senna joined in 1994, in what proved to be a tragic partnership that saw Senna killed on track in the third race of the season. Damon Hill lead the team to a title in 1996, before Jacques Villeneuve followed with another championship in the following year. Since the 1990s, Williams struggled, with engine supplier Renault leaving and a partnership with BMW bringing race wins but not championships. In 2013, Williams became a Mercedes engine customer, but their decline continued until the team came into a crisis in 2018, coming last in the constructors championship.

Other drivers for Williams have included:

• Alan Jones
• Keke Rosberg
• David Coulthard
• Jenson Button
• Juan Pablo Montoya
• Ricardo Patrese

In 2020, Williams was purchased by new owners Dorilton Capital, announcing at the same time the end of the team as a family business, with no surviving member of the Williams family in a significant role with the team. The team had previously been regarded as the final independent, family-run teams in Formula 1. Jost Capito has been named the CEO of the new team, and has been working to modernize Williams' facilities and machinery, and increasing the teams capabilities in order to move up the rankings and return the team to contention.

In 2022, Williams will bring the teams FW44 car, driven by their lineup of Nicholas Latifi and Alexander Albon. In 2021, the team was able to achieve a first place finish with departed driver George Russel. Although this place was achieved in part due to weather, the team spent their 2021 season developing the FW44 for the new regulations with the expectation that the development time will give the outfit a competitive package.

The FW44 car in wet weather testing.

The design of the FW44 is different that its competitors, first in its use of side pods which ramp downward dramatically to draw air down and increase overall downforce. And the car uses a sloped radiator cutout to create a channel for airflow to continue directing the air to block wash from the front tires away from the chassis and reduce the possibility of disrupting the overall aerodynamic package. Some of the new 2022 regulations, specifically the 18-inch wheels, have concerned the drivers as the higher front wheels have reduced the drivers visibility.