UMhlekazi uFrank Williams, umseki weWilliams Racing, usweleke namhlanje, eneminyaka engama-79 ubudala, emva kokungeniswa esibhedlele ngolwesiHlanu odlulileyo ngenxa yenyumoniya.
Kwingxelo esemthethweni egameni lentsapho eyapapashwa nguWilliams Racing, ithi: “Namhlanje sinikela imbeko kulowo simthanda kakhulu nokhuthazayo. UFrank uza kukhumbula kakhulu. Sicela ukuba bonke abahlobo kunye noogxa bethu bahloniphe iminqweno yosapho lwakwaWilliams lokuba ngasese ngeli xesha. ”
UWilliams Racing, nge-CEO kunye neNkokeli yeQela, uJost Capito, ukwathe “iqela le-Williams Racing lilusizi ngokwenene ngokusweleka komseki wethu, uMhlekazi uFrank Williams. UMhlekazi uFrank yintsomi kunye nomfanekiso womdlalo wethu. Ukusweleka kwakhe kuphawula isiphelo sexesha leqela lethu kunye neFomula 1. "
UCapito usikhumbuza nangezinto aye zaphunyezwa nguMhlekazi uFrank Williams: “Wayekhethekile yaye enguvulindlela wokwenene. Ngaphandle kobunzima obuninzi ebomini bakhe, ukhokele iqela lethu kuKhuphiswano lweHlabathi lwe-16, oko kusenza sibe lelinye lawona maqela aphumeleleyo kwimbali yomdlalo.
Iinqobo zabo ezisemgangathweni, ezibandakanya imfezeko, ukusebenzisana kunye nokuzimela nokuzimisela okukhohlakeleyo, zihlala zingundoqo weqela lethu kwaye zililifa labo, njengegama losapho lakwaWilliams esibaleka ngalo ngokuzingca. Iingcinga zethu zikusapho lakwaWilliams ngeli xesha linzima. "
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UMhlekazi uFrank Williams
Wazalelwa ngo-1942 kwi-South Shields, uSir Frank waseka iqela lakhe lokuqala kwi-1966, i-Frank Williams Racing Cars, i-racing kwi-Formula 2 kunye ne-Formula 3. Ukuqala kwakhe kwi-Formula 1 kuya kwenzeka ngo-1969, enomqhubi womhlobo wakhe uPiers Courage.
I-Williams Grand Prix Engineering (phantsi kwegama layo elipheleleyo) yayiza kuzalwa kuphela kwi-1977, emva kobudlelwane obungaphumelelanga kunye noDe Tomaso kunye nokufumana isininzi se-Frank Williams Racing Cars ngu-tycoon waseCanada uWalter Wolf. Emva kokususwa kwisikhundla sokuba yinkokeli yeqela, uMhlekazi uFrank Williams, ekunye nenjineli eselula ngelo xesha uPatrick Head, baseka iWilliams Racing.
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Kwakungowe-1978, kunye nokukhulelwa kwe-chassis yokuqala eyaphuhliswa yiNtloko, i-FW06, ukuba uMhlekazi uFrank uza kufumana uloyiso lokuqala lukaWilliams kwaye ukususela ngoko impumelelo yeqela ayizange iyeke ukukhula.
Isihloko sokuqala somqhubi siza kufika ngo-1980, kunye nomqhubi we-pilot u-Alan Jones, apho abanye abathandathu baya kongezwa, rhoqo kunye nabaqhubi abahlukeneyo: uKeke Rosberg (1982), uNelson Piquet (1987), u-Nigel Mansell (1992), u-Alain Prost (1993). ) , Damon Hill (1996) kunye noJacques Villeneuve (1997).
Ubukho bukaWilliams Racing kulo mdlalo khange busilele ukukhula ngeli xesha, naxa uMhlekazi uFrank wafumana ingozi yendlela eyamshiya enequadriplegic ngo-1986.
UMhlekazi uFrank Williams uza kushiya ubunkokeli beqela ngo-2012, emva kweminyaka engama-43 ephethe iqela lakhe. Intombi yakhe, uClaire Williams, yayiza kuthatha indawo yakhe phezulu kuMdyarho weWilliams, kodwa emva kokufunyanwa kweqela nguDorillon Capital ngo-Agasti ka-2020, yena noyise (owayesabandakanyeka kwinkampani) bazishiya izikhundla zabo inkampani enegama lakho.