Sir Frank Williams washinze Williams Racing, yapfuye uyu munsi, afite imyaka 79, nyuma yo kwinjira mu bitaro ku wa gatanu ushize arwaye umusonga.
Mu itangazo ryashyizwe ahagaragara mu izina ry’umuryango ryasohowe na Williams Racing, rigira riti: “Uyu munsi turashimira umuntu dukunda cyane kandi utera inkunga. Frank azakumbura cyane. Turasaba ko inshuti zose ndetse na bagenzi bacu bubaha icyifuzo cy'umuryango wa Williams muri iki gihe. ”
Williams Racing, abinyujije ku muyobozi mukuru akaba n'umuyobozi w'itsinda, Jost Capito, na we yagize ati: “Ikipe ya Williams Racing rwose ibabajwe n'urupfu rw'uwashinze, Sir Frank Williams. Sir Frank numugani nigishushanyo cya siporo yacu. Urupfu rwe rwerekana ibihe birangiye ikipe yacu ndetse na Formula 1. ”
Capito aratwibutsa kandi ibyo Sir Frank Williams yagezeho: “Yari umwihariko kandi ni umupayiniya nyawe. Nubwo afite ibibazo byinshi mubuzima bwe, yayoboye ikipe yacu muri Shampiyona yisi 16, atugira imwe mumakipe yatsinze mumateka ya siporo.
Indangagaciro zabo, zirimo ubunyangamugayo, gukorera hamwe no kwigenga no kwiyemeza bikaze, bikomeza kuba ishingiro ryikipe yacu kandi ni umurage wabo, kimwe nizina ryumuryango wa Williams twishimiye. Ibitekerezo byacu biri kumwe n'umuryango wa Williams muri iki gihe kitoroshye. ”
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Sir Frank Williams
Sir Frank yavutse mu 1942 muri South Shields, yashinze ikipe ye ya mbere mu 1966, Imodoka yo gusiganwa ya Frank Williams, asiganwa muri Formula 2 na Formula 3. Yatangiye bwa mbere muri Formula 1 azaba mu 1969, afite umushoferi inshuti ye Piers Courage.
Williams Grand Prix Engineering (ku izina ryayo ryuzuye) yavuka gusa mu 1977, nyuma yubufatanye butagenze neza na De Tomaso no kubona imigabane myinshi mumodoka ya Frank Williams Racing Imodoka numuherwe wumunyakanada Walter Wolf. Nyuma yo gukurwa ku mwanya w'umuyobozi w'itsinda, Sir Frank Williams, afatanije na injeniyeri ukiri muto Patrick Head, bashinze Williams Racing.
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Mu 1978, nibwo igitekerezo cya chassis ya mbere cyateguwe na Head, FW06, nibwo Sir Frank yagera ku ntsinzi yambere ya Williams kandi kuva icyo gihe intsinzi yikipe ntiyahwemye gukura.
Umutwe wambere windege uzagera mumwaka wa 1980, hamwe numuderevu Alan Jones, hiyongeraho izindi esheshatu, burigihe hamwe nabapilote batandukanye: Keke Rosberg (1982), Nelson Piquet (1987), Nigel Mansell (1992), Alain Prost (1993) ), Damon Hill (1996) na Jacques Villeneuve (1997).
Kuba Williams Racing yiganje muri siporo ntibyabuze kwiyongera muri iki gihe, nubwo Sir Frank yagize impanuka yo mu muhanda ikamuviramo kwaduka mu 1986.
Sir Frank Williams azava mu buyobozi bw'ikipe muri 2012, nyuma yimyaka 43 ayoboye ikipe ye. Umukobwa we, Claire Williams, yari kumusimbura ku isonga rya Williams Racing, ariko nyuma yo kugura iyi kipe na Dorillon Capital muri Kanama 2020, we na se (wari ugifite uruhare muri sosiyete) basize imyanya yabo kuri isosiyete hamwe nizina ryawe.