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James-Vowles-Team Boss-Williams
Principal: James Vowles

NameWilliams
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Season Entries49
Total Drivers62
First Race1975 Argentine F1 GP
Last Race2024 Italian F1 GP
First Pole1979 British F1 GP
Last Pole2014 Austrian F1 GP
First Win1979 British F1 GP
Last Win2012 Spanish F1 GP
First Podium1975 German F1 GP
Last Podium2021 Belgian F1 GP
First One-Two Finish1979 German F1 GP
Last One-Two Finish2003 French F1 GP
First Front Row Lockout1981 Caesars Palace F1 GP
Last Front Row Lockout2014 Austrian F1 GP

Amount of Staff: 712 people
Engines used by Williams:
Ford (1975-1976, 1978-1983),
Honda (1983-1987),
Judd (1988),
Renault (1989-1997, 2012-2013, 2020),
Mecachrome (1998),
Supertec (1999),
BMW (2000-2005),
Cosworth (2006), (2010-2011),
Toyota (2007-2009),
Mercedes (2014-2024)

Williams F1 Stats

Constructors' Titles9
F1 Drivers' Titles7
Grand Prix Entries835
Grand Prix Starts831
Total Points3626
Avg. Points per GP4,34
Grand Prix Wins114 (13,7%)
One-Two Finishes33 (4,0%)
Pole Positions128 (15,3%)
Front Row Lockouts62 (7,4%)
GP Podiums313 (37,5%)
GP Fastest Laps133 (15,9%)
GP Retirements503
GP DNF's423
Total GP Laps85302

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Alex Albon F1 Stats

Grand Prix Entries97
Grand Prix Starts97
Total Points234.00
Avg. Points per GP2.41
Grand Prix Wins0
Pole Positions0
Avg. GP Grid12.0
GP Podiums2 (2,1%)
GP Fastest Laps0
GP Points Finish39 (40,2%)
Avg. GP Position10.5
GP Retirements15 (15,5%)
GP DNF's13 (13,4%)
Total GP Laps5.368

Logan Sargeant F1 Stats

Grand Prix Entries37
Grand Prix Starts37
Total Points1.00
Avg. Points per GP0.03
Grand Prix Wins0
Pole Positions0
Avg. GP Grid16.5
GP Podiums0
GP Fastest Laps0
GP Points Finish1 (2,7%)
Avg. GP Position15.8
GP Retirements10 (27,0%)
GP DNF's6 (16,2%)
Total GP Laps1.911

 

Reserve driver: Jack Aitken

Williams F1 Drivers List

DriverGP1st2nd3rdPodPoleLapsFLPTS
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell95281234328478523369
Germany Ralf Schumacher94651021549437232
Italy Riccardo Patrese814128246427710180
Brazil Felipe Massa780145142161351
Finland Valtteri Bottas770279044031411
Germany Nico Rosberg70011203636275.5
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya6841362311365011221
United Kingdom Damon Hill65211454020358319326
Finland Keke Rosberg6257315430893131.5
Canada Nicholas Latifi6100000326309
Australia Alan Jones601174226316713171
Thailand Alex Albon59000003129037
United Kingdom George Russell59010103147016
Venezuela Pastor Maldonado58100112895047
Canada Jacques Villeneuve491155211327399180
Canada Lance Stroll41001102209046
France Jacques Laffite39010101443022
Brazil Rubens Barrichello38000002060051
United States Logan Sargeant3700000191101
Japan Kazuki Nakajima3600000197209
Australia Mark Webber36001101618043
Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen33125811594659
Belgium Thierry Boutsen32314811598171
Argentina Carlos Reutemann3137616216813104
Brazil Nelson Piquet317104216182611145
United Kingdom David Coulthard25153951183463
Russian Federation Sergey Sirotkin2100000111901
Poland Robert Kubica2100000117901
Brazil Bruno Senna20000001054131
Germany Nico Hülkenberg1900001923022
United Kingdom Jenson Button1700000789012
Austria Alexander Wurz1600110854013
France Alain Prost167321213989699
Italy Alessandro Zanardi160000058500
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni1512250720232
Germany Nick Heidfeld1302131720028
Ireland Derek Daly120000064208
Brazil Antônio Pizzonia90000037508
Italy Arturo Merzario5000009300
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan40000024000
Brazil Ayrton Senna3000036000
Spain Marc Gené30000018304
Italy Renzo Zorzi2000008500
South Africa Ian Scheckter20000011900
United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer1000007400
United Kingdom Jack Aitken1000008700
United Kingdom Martin Brundle1000004200
United States Mario Andretti1000001900
United Kingdom Damien Magee1000007800
Argentina Franco Colapinto1000005300
United Kingdom Tony Brise1000002700
France Jean-Louis Schlesser1000004900
United Kingdom Paul di Resta1000006000
Switzerland Jo Vonlanthen1000001400
Netherlands Nyck de Vries1000005302
United Kingdom Ian Ashley100000000

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Williams F1 Cars


Management

 

Williams F1 Team Key Members


History

 

Williams F1 History


Frank Williams

Frank Williams

The last team led by a privateer on the paddock for a long time was the famous Williams Grand Prix racing team. The team formerly owned by Frank Williams had a hard time in the first decade of its existence. The team wasn't very successful until Patrick Head arrived.

Williams was involved in F1 since 1969. Their first F1 victory was the 1979 British F1 GP, with Clay Regazzoni. In 1979, they were the first team to discover the effect of the diffuser at the back of the car, which made their cars almost two seconds a lap faster than all other cars on the grid.

Williams, once consistent champions, have been languishing near the foot of the table after a miserable 10 years since 2004. However, their name and their brand are rivaled only by Ferrari and McLaren, and their fan base is one of the largest on the grid. With 2014 looking more positive, there is a feeling that Williams are back.

Clay Regazzoni (Williams FW07 Ford) 1st position, action. This was Williams Grand Prix Engineering's maiden Grand Prix victory. Silverstone, England. 12-14 July 1979.

Clay Regazzoni (Williams FW07 Ford) 1st position, action. This was Williams Grand Prix Engineering's maiden Grand Prix victory. Silverstone, England. 12-14 July 1979.

The 1980’s and 90’s brought high levels of success for the team founded by Sir Frank Williams in 1977. They were regular champions during the 1980’s and 90’s, widely believed to be the sports finest era, and had drivers such as Keke Rosberg, Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Damon Hill all winning races and championships.

However time hasn’t been kind to Williams who have not won a championship since 1997 and have suffered at the hands of rule changes and the financial importance in the sport.

If races were decided on popularity then Williams would win hands down, thanks mainly to founder and team principle Sir Frank Williams. Williams has been wheel chair bound since a bad car accident in 1986, but he has still attended most of the grands prix. Now into his seventies his roles are becoming fewer and fewer but he is still a popular figure in the F1 paddock.

Damon Hill driving the Williams FW18 Renault on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (1996)

Damon Hill driving the Williams FW18 Renault on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (1996)

Since their glory days of the 1990’s Williams have declined. A couple of seasons challenging Michael Schumacher and Ferrari aside, the team have been largely a mid-table outfit battling for the lower points.

Their last win was the Spanish Grand Prix of 2012 by Pastor Maldonado. It was the only podium and win for the driver from Venezuela of his career. But the rule changes of 2014, and the Mercedes power-unit and brought Williams back into contention. What a wonderful story it would be if they could start winning again.

Unfortunately Williams wasn't able to win a race in 2014, 2015 and 2016. But they did finish 3rd on the 2014 & 2015 constructors championship table. In 2016 they had a lot of competition from Force India and could only score 1 podium to end on 5th place.

Pastor Maldonado wins the 2012 Spanish F1 GP for Williams

Pastor Maldonado wins the 2012 Spanish F1 GP for Williams

Williams 3rd places in the constructors championship in 2014 & .2015 where very strong achievements by the team with 1/3 of the budget of top teams like Mercedes and Ferrari. The driver pair Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa preformed very well. in 2014 they even won 9 podiums with a double podium in the last race at Abu Dhabi. In 2015 Williams won 4 podiums.

The 2016 and 2017 seasons were less successful. Williams ended up 5th in the championship with only one podium in each season.

The 2018 season was very disastrous for the team from Grove. This was the season that the Halo was introduced. They had Sergey Sirotkin and Lance Stroll as their race drivers and only scored 7 points and finished 11th and last in the constructors' championship. It was the worst championship since 1976 when they the team ended up as 17th.

Russell not expecting easy walk at Mercedes team next season

George Russell (GBR) Williams Racing.
Russian Grand Prix, Saturday 25th September 2021. Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia.

The 2019 season saw Williams with an all-new driver lineup, with F2 champion George Russell and the return to F1 of Grand Prix-winner Robert Kubica.

The Polish driver scored a point in the 2019 German Grand Prix, which was the only point Williams could score in the entire season.

Nicholas Latifi replaced Kubica for the 2020 season, but the team continued to struggle. Williams finished a season without points for the first time in its history in Formula 1 (since 1977) as Russell and Latifi could not put the car in the Top 10 in any event of the 2020 campaign.

The 2021 season was a lot better, with the team finishing in eighth place in the WCC with 23 points (its best tally since 2017) and even recording a podium finish.

Vowles Urges Sargeant to Prove Worth as Antonelli Waits in Wings

Alexander Albon (THA) Williams Racing FW44.

Williams scored twice with both cars in 2021, and the podium came after Russell qualified second for the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix. Race Direction canceled the race on Sunday due to the rain, but still handed out points for the positions set in qualifying.

It was Williams' first podium since the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

As Russell joined Mercedes in 2022, Alexander Albon returned to a full-time F1 seat with Williams. Albon scored points with Williams for the first time in the 2022 Australian Grand Prix, when a solid drive and a great strategy gave him P10.

The COVID-19 virus ended an era of privateer teams. As the Williams family sold the team for €152 million to an investors' firm based in the US called Dorilton Capital.

The 2022 Formula 1 season saw the team score only eight points and finish 10th in the World Constructors' Standings. Alex Albon led the team with three scoring efforts, while Latifi grabbed two points at Suzuka and Nyck De Vries scored at Monza after replacing Albon due to a health problem.

For the 2023 campaign, the team stayed with Alexander Albon, while Nicholas Latifi lost his seat, as the team announced on 23 September 2022,

American driver Logan Sargeant, a race-winner in F2, was announced as Latifi's replacement on 21 November 2022.

Under the direction of James Vowles, who came from Mercedes, the 2023 season was the best for Williams since 2017, both in terms of points scored (28) and position in the World Constructors' Championship (seventh).

For the 2024 F1 season, Williams presented the livery of its challenger, the FW46, on 5 February 2024.

Official Williams F1 website: https://www.williamsf1.com/

Achievements

 

Williams F1 Achievements


Williams Finishing Positions

1st114 Times
2nd113 Times
3rd86 Times
4th82 Times
5th91 Times
6th59 Times
7th55 Times
8th55 Times
9th58 Times
10th55 Times
11th61 Times
12th62 Times
13th44 Times
14th66 Times
15th50 Times
16th62 Times
17th42 Times
18th32 Times
19th11 Times
20th6 Times
22nd1 Time
DNF423 Times
DSQ8 Times
NC4 Times
WD1 Time
DNQ11 Times
DNS9 Times

Williams F1 Championship Positions

19751976197819791980198119821983
9th17th9th2nd1st1st4th4th
19841985198619871988198919901991
6th3rd1st1st7th2nd4th2nd
19921993199419951996199719981999
1st1st1st2nd1st1st3rd5th
20002001200220032004200520062007
3rd3rd2nd2nd4th5th8th4th
20082009201020112012201320142015
8th6th6th9th8th9th3rd3rd
20162017201820192020202120222023
5th5th11th10th10th8th10th7th
2024       
9th       

News

 

Latest Williams News


Vowles Urges Sargeant to Prove Worth as Antonelli Waits in Wings

Rookie Colapinto Faces Grueling Challenge After Monza Success

Sep.3 - Fernando Alonso has told Formula 1's newest rookie to prepare for more physical pain in 2024. Franco Colapinto, who replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams as of last..

September 3, 2024 with 1 Comment

Vowles Urges Sargeant to Prove Worth as Antonelli Waits in Wings

Vowles Rejects Cash Influence: Colapinto Chosen for Talent & Not Finances

Aug.31 - Williams boss James Vowles has confirmed that he turned down Red Bull's terms for a 'loan' of Liam Lawson. Vowles' patience with the struggling Logan Sargeant finally ran..

August 31, 2024 with 1 Comment

Vowles Urges Sargeant to Prove Worth as Antonelli Waits in Wings

Banco Santander Departing Ferrari After Sainz's Exit in 2025

Aug.31 - A major Spanish sponsor is departing Ferrari along with Carlos Sainz at the end of the year. Banco Santander, a Spanish bank, backed the Maranello based team throughout..

August 31, 2024 with 0 Comments

Vowles Urges Sargeant to Prove Worth as Antonelli Waits in Wings

Williams' $4.5M Colapinto Gamble Sparks Schumacher Family Criticism

Aug.29 - Franco Colapinto's backers are paying Williams $4.5 million - or $500,000 per race - so the Argentinean rookie can immediately replace Logan Sargeant. Red Bull reportedly..

August 29, 2024 with 15 Comments

Vowles Urges Sargeant to Prove Worth as Antonelli Waits in Wings

Williams Makes Brutal Mid-Season Decision: Sargeant Out & Colapinto In

Aug.28 - Alex Albon says Williams' decision to immediately axe Logan Sargeant is "brutal". In the wake of rumours that Liam Lawson or Mick Schumacher were being considered to..

August 28, 2024 with 8 Comments

Vowles Urges Sargeant to Prove Worth as Antonelli Waits in Wings

Vettel Urges Williams to Choose Schumacher Now for Monza

Aug.27 - Sebastian Vettel thinks Williams should snap up his friend and former Formula 1 rival, Mick Schumacher. While some believe Red Bull reserve Liam Lawson is the frontrunner..

August 27, 2024 with 2 Comments

Vowles Urges Sargeant to Prove Worth as Antonelli Waits in Wings

Vowles Considers Lawson Over Schumacher for Immediate Sargeant Replacement

Aug.26 - Liam Lawson is emerging as a leading contender to immediately replace Logan Sargeant at Williams. Williams boss James Vowles, who has already excluded Sargeant from the..

August 26, 2024 with 5 Comments

Vowles Urges Sargeant to Prove Worth as Antonelli Waits in Wings

Sainz Exits Ferrari for Williams and Keeps Door Open for Future Return

Aug.26 - Carlos Sainz says it's possible he will return to Ferrari some day. The Spaniard must leave the fabled Italian team after the 2024 season finale in Abu Dhabi to make way..

August 26, 2024 with 1 Comment

Vowles Urges Sargeant to Prove Worth as Antonelli Waits in Wings

Lawson and Schumacher Lead Race to Replace Sargeant

Aug.26 - Andrea Kimi Antonelli is not a contender to replace Logan Sargeant at Williams. It is clear that Liam Lawson and Mick Schumacher are in the running to step into..

August 26, 2024 with 1 Comment

Vowles Urges Sargeant to Prove Worth as Antonelli Waits in Wings

Vowles Urges Sargeant to Prove Worth as Antonelli Waits in Wings

Jul.31 - James Vowles is not ruling out a driver change at Williams even before the 2024 season is complete. The team boss this week confirmed speculation that Ferrari refugee..

August 1, 2024 with 5 Comments

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