Sir Frank Williams, wanda ya kafa Williams Racing, ya rasu a yau, yana da shekaru 79, bayan an kwantar da shi a asibiti a ranar Juma’ar da ta gabata da ciwon huhu.
A cikin wata sanarwa a hukumance a madadin dangi da Williams Racing ya buga, ta ce: “A yau muna ba da yabo ga jagororinmu da ake ƙauna da ban sha'awa. Za a yi kewar Frank sosai. Muna rokon duk abokai da abokan aiki su mutunta burin dangin Williams na keɓantawa a wannan lokacin. "
Williams Racing, ta hannun Shugaba kuma Shugaban Kungiyar, Jost Capito, shi ma ya bayyana cewa "Kungiyar Williams Racing tana da matukar bakin ciki da rasuwar wanda ya kafa mu, Sir Frank Williams. Sir Frank almara ne kuma alamar wasanmu. Mutuwarsa ita ce ƙarshen zamani ga ƙungiyarmu da kuma Formula 1. "
Capito ya kuma tuna mana abin da Sir Frank Williams ya cim ma: “Ba shi da bambanci kuma majagaba ne na gaske. Duk da matsaloli masu yawa a rayuwarsa, ya jagoranci ƙungiyarmu ta gasar cin kofin duniya sau 16, wanda ya sa mu zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da suka yi nasara a tarihin wasanni.
Ƙididdigansu, waɗanda suka haɗa da mutunci, aiki tare da ƙwaƙƙwaran ƴancin kai da azama, sun kasance jigon ƙungiyarmu kuma sune gadon su, kamar yadda sunan dangin Williams da muke alfahari da su. Tunaninmu yana tare da dangin Williams a wannan mawuyacin lokaci. "
View this post on Instagram
Sir Frank Williams
An haife shi a 1942 a Kudancin Garkuwan, Sir Frank ya kafa tawagarsa ta farko a 1966, Frank Williams Racing Cars, tsere a Formula 2 da Formula 3. Wasansa na farko a Formula 1 zai faru ne a 1969, yana da direba abokinsa Piers Courage.
Williams Grand Prix Engineering (a karkashin cikakken sunansa) za a haife shi ne kawai a cikin 1977, bayan rashin nasarar haɗin gwiwa tare da De Tomaso da kuma samun mafi yawan hannun jarin Frank Williams Racing Cars ta hamshaƙin ɗan ƙasar Kanada Walter Wolf. Bayan cire shi daga mukamin shugaban kungiyar, Sir Frank Williams, tare da wani matashin injiniya Patrick Head, sun kafa Williams Racing.
View this post on Instagram
A cikin 1978 ne, tare da tunanin chassis na farko da Head, FW06 ya ƙera, Sir Frank zai ci nasarar farko ga Williams kuma daga nan nasarar ƙungiyar ba ta daina girma ba.
Sunan matukin jirgi na farko zai zo ne a cikin 1980, tare da matukin jirgi Alan Jones, wanda za a ƙara ƙarin shida, koyaushe tare da matukan jirgi daban-daban: Keke Rosberg (1982), Nelson Piquet (1987), Nigel Mansell (1992), Alain Prost (1993) , Damon Hill (1996) da kuma Jacques Villeneuve (1997).
Kasancewar Williams Racing a fagen wasan bai gaza yin girma ba a wannan lokacin, ko da Sir Frank ya sami hatsarin hanya wanda ya bar shi mai ninki hudu a 1986.
Sir Frank Williams zai bar shugabancin kungiyar a shekarar 2012, bayan ya shafe shekaru 43 yana jan ragamar kungiyar. 'Yarta, Claire Williams, za ta maye gurbinta a saman Williams Racing, amma sakamakon sayan ƙungiyar da Dorillon Capital ya yi a watan Agusta 2020, ita da mahaifinta (wanda har yanzu yana cikin kamfanin) sun bar matsayinsu a gasar. kamfani. kamfani mai sunan ku.