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Williams Grand Prix

United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes
Williams Martini Racing logo.svg
Full name Williams Martini Racing
Base Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Team principal(s) Sir Frank Williams
Claire Williams OBE (Deputy)
Group CEO
Subsidiaries
Mike O'Driscoll (Williams Group)
Williams Advanced Engineering
Technical director Paddy Lowe (Chief Technical Officer)
Rob Smedley (Head of Performance Engineering)
Dirk De Beer
(Head of Aerodynamics)
Founder(s) Sir Frank Williams
Sir Patrick Head
Website www.williamsf1.com
2017 Formula One season
Race drivers 18. Canada Lance Stroll
19. Brazil Felipe Massa
Test drivers United Kingdom Paul di Resta
Chassis FW40
Engine Mercedes M08 EQ Power+
Tyres Pirelli
Formula One World Championship career
First entry As a team
1977 Spanish Grand Prix
As a constructor
1978 Argentine Grand Prix
Latest entry 2017 Spanish Grand Prix
Races entered As a team: 674 entries (670 starts)
As a constructor: 661 entries (660 starts)
Constructors'
Championships
9 (1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997)
Drivers'
Championships
7 (1980, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997)
Race victories 114
Pole positions 128
Fastest laps 133
2016 position 5th (138 pts)

Coordinates: 51°37′5″N 1°24′46″W / 51.61806°N 1.41278°W / 51.61806; -1.41278

Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited (: WGF1), currently racing in Formula One as Williams Martini Racing, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and is run by team owner Sir Frank Williams and automotive engineer Sir Patrick Head. The team was formed in 1977 after Frank Williams' two earlier unsuccessful F1 operations: Frank Williams Racing Cars (1969 to 1975) and Wolf-Williams Racing (1976). All of Williams F1 chassis are called "FW" then a number, the FW being the initials of team owner, Frank Williams.

Williams' first race was the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix, where the new team ran a March chassis for Patrick Nève. Williams started manufacturing its own cars the following year, and Switzerland's Clay Regazzoni won Williams' first race at the 1979 British Grand Prix. At the 1997 British Grand Prix, Canadian Jacques Villeneuve scored the team's 100th race victory, making Williams one of only three teams in Formula One, alongside Ferrari and fellow British team McLaren, to win 100 races. Williams won nine Constructors' Championships between 1980 and 1997. This stood as a record until Ferrari surpassed it in 2000.


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