Sir Frank Williams, muvambi weWilliams Racing, vashaya nhasi, vane makore makumi manomwe nemapfumbamwe, mushure mekupinzwa muchipatara neChishanu chapfuura nepneumonia.
Muchiziviso chepamutemo chakamirira mhuri chakabudiswa naWilliams Racing, chinoti: “Nhasi tinopa rukudzo kumukuru wedu watinoda zvikuru uye unokurudzira. Frank achasuwa zvakanyanya. Tinokumbira kuti shamwari dzese nevatinoshanda navo varemekedze zvishuwo zvemhuri yaWilliams zvekuvanzika panguva ino. "
Williams Racing, kuburikidza nemukuru wayo uye Mutungamiriri weChikwata, Jost Capito, akataurawo kuti "chikwata cheWilliams Racing chakasuwa chose nekupfuura kwemuvambi wedu, Sir Frank Williams. Sir Frank ingano uye chiratidzo chemutambo wedu. Kufa kwake kunoratidza kupera kwenguva yechikwata chedu uye Formula 1. "
Capito anotiyeuchidzawo zvakaitwa naSir Frank Williams achiti: “Akanga akasiyana nevamwe uye ari piyona chaiye. Pasinei nematambudziko akawanda muhupenyu hwake, akatungamirira boka redu kuburikidza ne16 World Championships, zvichiita kuti tive chimwe chezvikwata zvakabudirira zvikuru munhoroondo yemutambo.
Tsika dzavo, dzinosanganisira kuvimbika, kushanda pamwe chete uye kuzvimirira uye kutsunga kunotyisa, zvinoramba zviri musimboti wechikwata chedu uye inhaka yavo, sezvakaita zita remhuri yaWilliams iro ratinodada naro tichimhanya naro. Pfungwa dzedu dziri kumhuri yekwaWilliams panguva ino yakaoma. "
View this post on Instagram
Sir Frank Williams
Akazvarwa muna 1942 muSouth Shields, Sir Frank akatanga boka rake rekutanga muna 1966, Frank Williams Racing Cars, achimhanya muFormula 2 uye Formula 3. Kutanga kwake muFormula 1 kwaizoitika muna 1969, aine somutyairi shamwari yake Piers Courage.
Williams Grand Prix Engineering (pasi pezita rayo rizere) aizongozvarwa muna 1977, mushure mekudyidzana kusina kubudirira naDe Tomaso uye kutorwa kwehoki zhinji muFrank Williams Racing Cars nenyanzvi yekuCanada Walter Wolf. Mushure mekubviswa pachinzvimbo chemutungamiri wechikwata, Sir Frank Williams, pamwe chete neinjiniya wechidiki Patrick Head, akatanga Williams Racing.
View this post on Instagram
Makanga muri muna 1978, nekuumbwa kwechassis yekutanga yakagadzirwa naHead, FW06, kuti Sir Frank vaizowana kukunda kwekutanga kwaWilliam uye kubva ipapo kubudirira kwechikwata hakuna kumira kukura.
Zita rekutanga remutyairi raizosvika muna 1980, nemutyairi Alan Jones, kwaizowedzerwa mamwe matanhatu, achigara aine vatyairi vakasiyana: Keke Rosberg (1982), Nelson Piquet (1987), Nigel Mansell (1992), Alain Prost (1993). ), Damon Hill (1996) uye Jacques Villeneuve (1997).
Kuvepo kwakanyanya kwaWilliams Racing mumutambo hakuna kutadza kukura panguva iyi, kunyangwe Sir Frank paakaita tsaona yemumugwagwa yakamusiya aine quadriplegic muna1986.
Sir Frank Williams vaizosiya hutungamiriri hwechikwata ichi muna 2012, mushure memakore makumi mana nematatu vachitungamira chikwata chavo. Mwanasikana wake, Claire Williams, aizotora nzvimbo yake pamusoro peWilliams Racing, asi zvichitevera kutorwa kwechikwata neDorillon Capital muna Nyamavhuvhu 2020, iye nababa vake (vaive vachiri mukambani) vakasiya zvinzvimbo zvavo kambani ine zita rako.