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Nigel Mansell won the 1992 F1 world championship comfortably before announcing his shocking switch to American Indy car racing for the following year. He had become fed up with protracted contract renewal negotiations so departed his beloved Williams and F1 on sour terms. Given these circumstances, it makes Mansell’s return to both for 1994 all the more remarkable. The upcoming […]
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The Williams Database have been lucky enough to be able to sit down and talk to author Ibrar Malik about his upcoming book around the controversies of the 1994 season and his passion for F1 in general. You can find out more about his book here. WDB: Tell us a little about yourself. What is your background? I am a huge […]
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The 2017 Spanish Grand Prix marked 40 years of Williams in F1. In 1977 Frank Williams and Patrick Head ran a March 761, driven by Patrick Neve. The Belgium driver finished 12th one place higher than Felipe Massa in this years race. To be more precise it was 40 years in the current guise of Williams Grand Prix Engineering. This […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: No one can accuse the Williams battery of being archaic. It shares DNA with the electronics in the Williams F1 car, as well as other cutting-edge high performance vehicles. Power Play Stalls “We still have a bit more freedom around the front bargeboard area but it’s a […]
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Visitors to Autosport International will be able to feast their eyes on one of the largest collections of Williams Formula One cars seen away from the team’s headquarters, as part of a major celebration of Williams at the show, which runs from 14-17 January 2016. As part of the celebrations there will also be appearances from a host of famous […]
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It has been years since I have been to see the recording of a TV show and so when I was offered the chance to be in the audience of Tales from the Vault, a new F1 programme from Sky I was keen. The offer came from a friend who I had previously only ever spoken to on social media […]
Read moreROME (Jun 3, 1997 – 12:31 EST) Damon Hill, the world motor racing champion, said he did not believe the Williams team was responsible for the death of Ayrton Senna at Imola in 1994. Senna made two unusual “corrections” before the crash on the Tamburello bend, possibly due to a fall in tyre pressure, he told the manslaughter trial in […]
Read more1996 was a typical Williams year – one of championships and controversy. A year in which the team equalled the record, previously held by Ferrari, of constructors’ championships won and also let yet another world champion go. The year started with another change of driver as well as a move from the teams old Didcot base to the new state-of-the-art […]
Read moreSo Hill is the 1996 World Champion, after a number of nail-biting races towards the end of the season where Villeneuve was able to close the gap. To ensure success Hill only had to stay out of trouble, hope for reliability and score a solitary point. Villeneuve on the other hand had to win and was expected to. After all […]
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