One might argue that of the teams that currently make up the Formula 1 grid, McLaren has the most in common with Williams Racing. Despite being founded by Kiwi Bruce McLaren in 1966, the team that came to intermittently dominate Formula 1 in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s really emerged Read more…
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Whenever a big story breaks involving a Formula 1 team, it seems like the first place the journos head for opinion is to ex-drivers. Fortunately for them – less so for the team, Williams Racing have their fair share of outspoken, and often somewhat disgruntled, ex-drivers happy to weigh in Read more…
Okay, okay. It’s not quite the world famous Le Mans 24 hour race we all know and love but its virtual equivalent – all racing having come to a standstill as a result of the dastardly COVID pandemic. A great achievement nonetheless and some much needed good news for the Read more…
If, prior to the start of the 2020 F1 season, you’d taken 100 people with some knowledge of Williams Racing at random and asked them to name three potential buyers for the team should it be put up up for sale, you’d have heard the same names crop up time Read more…
Toto Wolff, Team Principal and CEO of the all-conquering Mercedes AMG Formula 1 Team has bought a 5% share in Williams Racing in an effort to ensure the survival of one of Formula 1’s most iconic teams. Former Williams Executive Director Wolff, who acquired a 30% share of Williams in Read more…
It’s no secret that when Ralf Schumacher left Williams for Toyota in 2004, he did so under somewhat of a cloud. Schumacher jnr had been asked to take a pay cut of £5m by Sir Frank Williams and Sir Patrick Head after being routinely outclassed by team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya Read more…
These are uncertain times for everyone in Formula 1. Renault have cut around 15,000 jobs worldwide, McLaren – a much smaller operation – has announced 1200 job losses. There is even some uncertainty around world champions Mercedes’ long term future in the sport. And, of course, Williams announced recently that Read more…
It’s a momentous day in the history of the Williams Racing Formula 1 Team, as £13 million losses in 2019 followed by cessation of the 2020 Grand Prix season as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic have left the Williams family – previously staunchly against surrendering their team and their Read more…
Formula 1 is set to visit Silverstone not just once but twice in a disrupted 2020 Formula 1 season if a recently agreed deal between the two parties gets the go ahead from UK authorities. The two British Grands Prix have been pencilled in for the 26th July and the Read more…
Three time world champion Ayrton Senna had a Williams contract ready to sign ahead of the 1992 Formula 1 season, claims his former manager Julian Jakobi. Speaking in the ‘Beyond the Grid‘ podcast, Jakobi says that the 1991 World Champion believed that Williams were stealing a march on his McLaren Read more…
