Not to be confused with Williams Grand Prix Engineering, who Frank Williams formed with Patrick Head in 1977, and are still racing today. Jump to: navigation, search WilliamsF1, formerly Williams Grand Prix Engineering, is a Formula One racing team formed and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head. ...

Piers Courage in the Frank Williams Racing Brabham BT26A at the 1969 US Grand Prix

Frank Williams Racing Cars was a Formula One team/constructor from Britain.

Frank Williams had been a motor-racing enthusiast since a young age, and after dabbling in amateur driving, struck up a great friendship with driver Piers Courage. After Williams backed Courage in a successful 1968 Formula Two season, he purchased a Brabham Formula One car for Courage in 1969. Courage had a great year, culminating in 2nd place at the United States Grand Prix. Sir Francis Owen Garbatt Williams (b. ... Piers Courage - born 27 May 1942 - was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... Formula Two is a type of formula racing. ... The Brabham Racing Organisation was a Formula One racing team founded by Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac. ... The inaugural Formula One World Championship was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina in his Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely defeating his Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Grand Prix is a motor racing event which has taken place at various times since 1959 in several locations, at first as a part of the American Grand Prize series and later as a race in the Formula One World Championship. ...

Their efforts attracted the interest of Argentine Sportscar manufacturer De Tomaso, who built a Formula One chassis (designed by Gianpaulo Dallara) for the 1970 season. However, the car was initially uncompetitive, failing to finish the first four races of the year. In the fifth, the Dutch Grand Prix, the De Tomaso flipped and caught fire, killing Courage. The death of his friend seriously upset Frank Williams, and has been attributed to the subsequent distance the team principal placed between himself and his drivers. The team soldiered on, however, first with Brian Redman, then Tim Schenken. With no results, the partnership with De Tomaso was dissolved. Jump to: navigation, search De Tomaso is an Italian car-manufacturing company. ... The inaugural Formula One World Championship was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina in his Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely defeating his Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio. ... The Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One automobile race held at Circuit Zandvoort, from 1952 to 1985. ... Jump to: navigation, search De Tomaso is an Italian car-manufacturing company. ... Sir Francis Owen Garbatt Williams (b. ... Brian Redman was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... Tim Schenken was a Formula One driver from Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search De Tomaso is an Italian car-manufacturing company. ...

For 1971, Williams purchased a year-old March, and ran Henri Pescarolo. The team upgraded to a new March 711, but results were difficult to come by. The old car was also entered for Jean Max at the French Grand Prix. After the success of 1969, Williams was now low on funds, living a hand-to-mouth existance from race to race. Pescarolo took 4th at the British Grand Prix and 6th at the Austrian Grand Prix, keeping the outfit ticking over. March Engineering was a Formula One constructor from Britain. ... Henri Pescarolo was a Formula One driver from France. ... March Engineering was a Formula One constructor from Britain. ... Jean Max was a Formula One driver from France. ... Jump to: navigation, search The French Grand Prix is a Formula One race held as part of Fédération Internationale de lAutomobiles annual Formula One automobile racing championship season. ... Jump to: navigation, search The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. ... The Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race. ...

Oil company Motul came onboard for the 1972 season, enabling Williams to buy a new March, while backing from toy manufactuer Politoys meant money to build an in-house chassis. From the Brazilian Grand Prix, Carlos Pace was entered in the old 1971 car. He took 5th at the Belgian Grand Prix. The Len Bailey-designed Politoys FX3 debuted in the hands of Pescarolo at the British Grand Prix, but the steering failed and the car was heavily damaged. Chris Amon would guest in the end of season non-Championship Rothmans World Championship Victory Race at Brands Hatch, but unimpressed by the chassis, he elected not to start. March Engineering was a Formula One constructor from Britain. ... The Brazilian Grand Prix (Portuguese: Grande Prêmio do Brasil) is a Formula One championship race which occurs at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos, Brazil. ... Carlos Pace was a Formula One driver from Brazil. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Belgian Grand Prix is an automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship. ... Jump to: navigation, search The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. ... Chris Amon (born 20 July 1943) was a New Zealand Grand Prix driver of the 1960s and 1970s, widely accepted to be one of the best drivers never to win a F1 Grand Prix. ... Brands Hatch is a British motor racing circuit. ...

Howden Ganley in the Frank Williams Iso-Marlboro IR at the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix

Motul and Politoys both withdrew their backing at the end of the year. Williams managed to attract backing from cigarette giant Marlboro and fridge manufacturer Iso for the 1973 season, with the FX3 reworked as the Iso-Marlboro FX3B. Two new drivers were signed, Howden Ganley and Nanni Galli. Local Jackie Pretorious would sub for Galli in the South African Grand Prix. For the Spanish Grand Prix, a new car, the Iso-Marlboro IR, was introduced, designed by John Clarke. However, results failed to improve. Galli moved on after the Monaco Grand Prix, being replaced by a succession of paying drivers - Tom Belso for the Swedish Grand Prix, then the returning Pescarolo for the French Grand Prix, then Graham McRae for the British Grand Prix. Gijs van Lennep took over the pay car for the Dutch Grand Prix, taking 6th place and the team's first point of the season. Pescarolo and van Lennep briefly alternated in the second car, before Schenken took over for the Canadian Grand Prix. The Canadian race, however, saw Williams attract a lot more attention. A downpour and a crash led to the first-ever deployment of a safety car in Formula One. With no electronic timekeeping devices, the organisers were left with written lap charts to work out the leader of the race, something made near-impossible by most cars making two or more pit stops in the space of a couple of laps. They came to the incorrect decision that Ganley was actually leading, despite Frank Williams and everyone else saying he wasn't. Ganley then astonishingly led off the leading lights for a while when the race restarted (though the FIA official lap charts do not acknowledge this, due to the confusion), and he eventually finished 6th. Jacky Ickx took the second car for the United States Grand Prix. Marlboro is the name of some places in the United States of America: Marlboro, New Jersey Marlboro, New York Marlboro, Vermont Upper Marlboro, Maryland Marlboro is the name of a suburb of Sandton in Gauteng Province, South Africa There is also Marlboro cigarettes Also see Marlborough. ... Howden Ganley was a Formula One driver from New Zealand. ... Nanni (Giovanni) Galli (born January 2, 1940) was an accomplished Italian saloon and sports-car racer in the 1960s and 1970s. ... The South African Grand Prix was an event on the Formula 1 calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search The principality of Monaco holds one of the oldest races on the Formula One automobile racing circuit. ... Tom Belso was a Formula One driver from Denmark. ... The Swedish Grand Prix was a round of the Formula One World Championship from 1973 to 1978. ... Jump to: navigation, search The French Grand Prix is a Formula One race held as part of Fédération Internationale de lAutomobiles annual Formula One automobile racing championship season. ... Graham McRae (b. ... Jump to: navigation, search The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. ... Gijs Van Lennep, born March 16, 1942, was a Dutch journeyman racecar driver who gave a good account for himself in his four F1 drives. ... The Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One automobile race held at Circuit Zandvoort, from 1952 to 1985. ... The Canadian Grand Prix (known in its native French as the Grand Prix du Canada) is a Formula One auto race held in Canada since 1967. ... Mercedes-Benz supplies its AMG models to the Formula One Championship as safety cars The F1 Safety Car outside of its garage in the pitlane at the 2005 US Grand Prix In auto racing, a safety car (known in America as the pace car) is a car which limits the... The inaugural Formula One World Championship was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina in his Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely defeating his Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio. ... Sir Francis Owen Garbatt Williams (b. ... For other meanings of the acronym FIA, see FIA (disambiguation). ... Jacky Ickx, (born January 1, 1945 in Brussels) is a Belgian racing driver known for his success in Formula One and the 24 hours of Le Mans. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Grand Prix is a motor racing event which has taken place at various times since 1959 in several locations, at first as a part of the American Grand Prize series and later as a race in the Formula One World Championship. ...

Both Iso and Marlboro left before the 1974 season. The IR chassis was rebranded the FW (a segue - three of these were used, named FW01, FW02 and FW03 - these are chassis numbers, not car models... the next new Williams design would be the FW04). Initially a single car was entered for Arturo Merzario, who placed 6th at the South African Grand Prix. Tom Belso returned in a second car from this race and the next, before van Lennep returned for the Belgian Grand Prix. The team then cut back down to a single car for Merzario for the British Grand Prix, before entering three cars in the Swedish Grand Prix, Belso and Richard Robarts taking the other two. Gijs van Lennep took over the second car for the Dutch Grand Prix, with the third dropped. Jean-Pierre Jabouille took the second car for the French Grand Prix, with Belso guesting at the British Grand Prix. Jacques Laffite then took the second car for the German Grand Prix, impressing enough to be kept on. For all the chopping and changing, Merzario's point from the South African race was the only point the team had to show for their efforts. Marlboro is the name of some places in the United States of America: Marlboro, New Jersey Marlboro, New York Marlboro, Vermont Upper Marlboro, Maryland Marlboro is the name of a suburb of Sandton in Gauteng Province, South Africa There is also Marlboro cigarettes Also see Marlborough. ... Arturo Merzario (born in Civenna, Como, March 11, 1943) was a Formula One driver from Italy. ... The South African Grand Prix was an event on the Formula 1 calendar. ... Tom Belso was a Formula One driver from Denmark. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Belgian Grand Prix is an automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship. ... Jump to: navigation, search The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. ... The Swedish Grand Prix was a round of the Formula One World Championship from 1973 to 1978. ... Richard Robarts was a Formula One driver from the United Kingdom. ... Gijs Van Lennep, born March 16, 1942, was a Dutch journeyman racecar driver who gave a good account for himself in his four F1 drives. ... The Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One automobile race held at Circuit Zandvoort, from 1952 to 1985. ... Jean Pierre Jabouille was a Formula One driver from France. ... Jump to: navigation, search The French Grand Prix is a Formula One race held as part of Fédération Internationale de lAutomobiles annual Formula One automobile racing championship season. ... Jump to: navigation, search The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. ... Jacques-Henri Laffite (born November 21, 1943) is a French racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1974 to 1986. ... Jump to: navigation, search The German Grand Prix (Großer Preis von Deutschland) is an automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship. ...

Jacques Laffite in the Williams FW04 at the 1975 German Grand Prix

Merzario and Laffite stayed on for 1975. For the Spanish Grand Prix, promising youngster Tony Brise briefly replaced Laffite, placing 7th, while Merzario gave a race debut to the new FW04. While Merzario left following the Belgian Grand Prix, being replaced by Ian Scheckter, while financial concerns saw Damien Magee briefly taking Laffite's car for the Swedish Grand Prix. Scheckter's money ran out after two races, and he was briefly replaced by Francois Migualt. So far the season had been the usual mess of pay drivers, mechanical failures and no progress, but a mix of attrition and tenacious driving saw Laffite take an astonishing 2nd place at the German Grand Prix, bringing much-needed financial aid to a team on the point of collapse. However, it would be the only points finish of the season, and the second car continued to have a succession of pay drivers - Ian Ashley (German Grand Prix), Jo Vonianthen (Austrian Grand Prix), Renzo Zorzi (Italian Grand Prix) and Lella Lombardi (United States Grand Prix). Jump to: navigation, search The Spanish Grand Prix (Gran Premio de España) is a Formula One race currently held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain as part of the annual Formula One championship season. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Belgian Grand Prix is an automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship. ... Ian Scheckter was a Formula One driver from South Africa. ... Damien Magee was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... The Swedish Grand Prix was a round of the Formula One World Championship from 1973 to 1978. ... Jump to: navigation, search The German Grand Prix (Großer Preis von Deutschland) is an automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship. ... Ian Ashley was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... Jump to: navigation, search The German Grand Prix (Großer Preis von Deutschland) is an automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship. ... The Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race. ... Renzo Zorzi (born December 12, 1946) was an Italian Formula One driver who participated between seasons 1975 to 1977. ... The Italian Grand Prix is one of the longest running events on the motor racing calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lella Lombardi was a female Formula One driver from Italy. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Grand Prix is a motor racing event which has taken place at various times since 1959 in several locations, at first as a part of the American Grand Prize series and later as a race in the Formula One World Championship. ...

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