Sir Frank Williams, oludasile Williams Racing, ku loni, ẹni ọdun 79, lẹhin ti o gba si ile-iwosan ni ọjọ Jimọ to kọja pẹlu pneumonia.
Ninu alaye osise kan fun idile ti a tẹjade nipasẹ Williams Racing, o sọ pe: “Loni a san owo-ori fun olori olufẹ pupọ ati iwunilori. Frank yoo padanu pupọ. A beere pe gbogbo awọn ọrẹ ati awọn ẹlẹgbẹ bọwọ fun awọn ifẹ idile Williams fun ikọkọ ni akoko yii. ”
Williams Racing, nipasẹ Alakoso rẹ ati Alakoso Ẹgbẹ, Jost Capito, tun ṣalaye pe “ẹgbẹ Williams Racing jẹ ibanujẹ gaan nipa iku oludasile wa, Sir Frank Williams. Sir Frank jẹ arosọ ati aami ti ere idaraya wa. Iku rẹ jẹ ami ipari ti akoko kan fun ẹgbẹ wa ati fun agbekalẹ 1. ”
Capito tún rán wa létí ohun tí Sir Frank Williams ti ṣe: “Ó jẹ́ aláìlẹ́gbẹ́, ó sì jẹ́ aṣáájú-ọ̀nà tòótọ́. Laibikita awọn ipọnju nla ninu igbesi aye rẹ, o ṣamọna ẹgbẹ wa nipasẹ Awọn idije Agbaye 16, ti o jẹ ki a jẹ ọkan ninu awọn ẹgbẹ aṣeyọri julọ ninu itan-akọọlẹ ere idaraya.
Awọn iye wọn, eyiti o pẹlu iduroṣinṣin, iṣẹ ẹgbẹ ati ominira imuna ati ipinnu, jẹ pataki ti ẹgbẹ wa ati pe o jẹ ogún wọn, gẹgẹ bi orukọ idile Williams ti a fi igberaga ṣiṣẹ pẹlu. Awọn ero wa wa pẹlu idile Williams ni akoko iṣoro yii. ”
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Sir Frank Williams
Ti a bi ni 1942 ni South Shields, Sir Frank ṣe ipilẹ ẹgbẹ akọkọ rẹ ni ọdun 1966, Awọn ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ Ere-ije Frank Williams, Ere-ije ni Formula 2 ati Formula 3. Ibẹrẹ akọkọ rẹ ni Formula 1 yoo waye ni ọdun 1969, nini bi awakọ ọrẹ rẹ Piers Courage.
Williams Grand Prix Engineering (labẹ orukọ kikun rẹ) yoo jẹ bi ni ọdun 1977, lẹhin ajọṣepọ ti ko ni aṣeyọri pẹlu De Tomaso ati gbigba ti o pọ julọ ni Awọn ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ Ere-ije Frank Williams nipasẹ oniwun ara ilu Kanada Walter Wolf. Lẹhin ti o ti yọ kuro ni ipo ti oludari ẹgbẹ, Sir Frank Williams, papọ pẹlu onimọ-ẹrọ ọdọ lẹhinna Patrick Head, ṣeto Williams Racing.
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O wa ni ọdun 1978, pẹlu ero ti chassis akọkọ ti o dagbasoke nipasẹ Head, FW06, ti Sir Frank yoo ṣaṣeyọri iṣẹgun akọkọ fun Williams ati lẹhinna aṣeyọri ẹgbẹ ko duro dagba.
Akọle awakọ akọkọ yoo de ni ọdun 1980, pẹlu awakọ Alan Jones, eyiti a yoo ṣafikun mẹfa diẹ sii, nigbagbogbo pẹlu awọn awakọ oriṣiriṣi: Keke Rosberg (1982), Nelson Piquet (1987), Nigel Mansell (1992), Alain Prost (1993) , Damon Hill (1996) ati Jacques Villeneuve (1997).
Wiwa ti Williams Racing ti o jẹ gaba lori ere idaraya ko kuna lati dagba lakoko yii, paapaa nigba ti Sir Frank jiya ijamba opopona kan ti o fi i silẹ ni quadriplegic ni ọdun 1986.
Sir Frank Williams yoo fi ẹgbẹ naa silẹ ni ọdun 2012, lẹhin ọdun 43 ni idari ẹgbẹ rẹ. Ọmọbinrin rẹ, Claire Williams, yoo gba ipo rẹ ni oke ti Ere-ije Williams, ṣugbọn ni atẹle gbigba ti ẹgbẹ naa nipasẹ Dorillon Capital ni Oṣu Kẹjọ ọdun 2020, mejeeji ati baba rẹ (ti o tun kopa ninu ile-iṣẹ naa) fi awọn ipo wọn silẹ ni ile-iṣẹ pẹlu orukọ rẹ.