Sir Frank Williams, woyambitsa Williams Racing, wamwalira lero, wazaka 79, atagonekedwa m'chipatala Lachisanu lapitali ndi chibayo.
M'mawu ovomerezeka m'malo mwa banja lofalitsidwa ndi Williams Racing, akuti: "Lero timapereka ulemu kwa munthu yemwe timamukonda komanso wolimbikitsa. Frank adzasowa kwambiri. Tikupempha kuti abwenzi onse ndi ogwira nawo ntchito azilemekeza zofuna za banja la Williams lachinsinsi pakadali pano. "
Williams Racing, kudzera mwa CEO ndi Mtsogoleri wa Gulu, Jost Capito, adanenanso kuti "timu ya Williams Racing ndi yachisoni kwambiri ndi imfa ya woyambitsa wathu, Sir Frank Williams. Sir Frank ndi nthano komanso chithunzi chamasewera athu. Imfa yake ndi kutha kwa nthawi ya timu yathu komanso Formula 1. "
Capito amatikumbutsanso zimene Sir Frank Williams anakwanitsa. Iye anati: “Anali wapadera komanso mpainiya weniweni. Ngakhale kuti anakumana ndi zovuta zambiri m'moyo wake, adatsogolera gulu lathu kudutsa 16 World Championships, zomwe zinatipangitsa kukhala amodzi mwa magulu opambana kwambiri m'mbiri ya masewera.
Mfundo zawo, zomwe zikuphatikiza kukhulupirika, kugwira ntchito limodzi ndi kudziyimira pawokha komanso kutsimikiza mtima koopsa, zimakhalabe maziko a gulu lathu ndipo ndi cholowa chawo, monganso dzina la banja la Williams lomwe timanyadira nalo. Malingaliro athu ali ndi banja la Williams panthawi yovutayi. "
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Sir Frank Williams
Wobadwa mu 1942 ku South Shields, Sir Frank adayambitsa gulu lake loyamba mu 1966, Frank Williams Racing Cars, akuthamanga mu Formula 2 ndi Formula 3. Kuyamba kwake mu Formula 1 kudzachitika mu 1969, pokhala ndi dalaivala bwenzi lake Piers Courage.
Williams Grand Prix Engineering (m'dzina lake lonse) akanangobadwa mu 1977, pambuyo pa mgwirizano wosapambana ndi De Tomaso komanso kupeza ndalama zambiri mu Frank Williams Racing Cars ndi tycoon waku Canada Walter Wolf. Atachotsedwa pa udindo wa mtsogoleri wa gulu, Sir Frank Williams, pamodzi ndi injiniya wamng'ono panthawiyo Patrick Head, adayambitsa Williams Racing.
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Munali mu 1978, ndi lingaliro la chassis yoyamba yopangidwa ndi Head, FW06, kuti Sir Frank akwaniritse chigonjetso choyamba cha Williams ndipo kuyambira pamenepo kupambana kwa timu sikunasiye kukula.
Mutu woyamba woyendetsa ndege udafika mu 1980, ndi woyendetsa ndege Alan Jones, pomwe ena asanu ndi limodzi adzawonjezedwa, nthawi zonse ndi oyendetsa ndege osiyanasiyana: Keke Rosberg (1982), Nelson Piquet (1987), Nigel Mansell (1992), Alain Prost (1993). ), Damon Hill (1996) ndi Jacques Villeneuve (1997).
Kukhalapo kwakukulu kwa Williams Racing pamasewera sikunalephere kukula panthawiyi, ngakhale pamene Sir Frank adachita ngozi yapamsewu yomwe inamupangitsa kukhala ndi vuto la quadriplegic mu 1986.
Sir Frank Williams adasiya utsogoleri wa timuyi mu 2012, atatha zaka 43 akuwongolera timu yake. Mwana wake wamkazi, a Claire Williams, atenga malo ake pamwamba pa Williams Racing, koma atapeza gululi ndi Dorillon Capital mu Ogasiti 2020, iye ndi abambo ake (omwe adakali nawo pakampani) adasiya maudindo awo ku kampani yokhala ndi dzina lanu.