USir Frank Williams, umsunguli weWilliams Racing, ushone namuhla, eneminyaka engama-79, ngemuva kokungeniswa esibhedlela ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule ephethwe inyumoniya.
Esitatimendeni esisemthethweni egameni lomndeni esanyatheliswa i-Williams Racing, ithi: “Namuhla situsa isithunzi sethu esithandwa kakhulu nesikhuthazayo. UFrank uzokhumbula kakhulu. Sicela bonke abangani nozakwethu bahloniphe izifiso zomndeni wakwaWilliams zokuba yimfihlo ngalesi sikhathi.”
UWilliams Racing, esebenzisa i-CEO kanye noMholi Wethimba, u-Jost Capito, uphinde wathi “ithimba le-Williams Racing lidabukile ngempela ngokudlula emhlabeni komsunguli wethu, uSir Frank Williams. USir Frank uyinganekwane kanye nesithonjana somdlalo wethu. Ukushona kwakhe kusho ukuphela kwenkathi eqenjini lethu nakuFormula 1.”
UCapito usikhumbuza nalokho uSir Frank Williams aye wakufeza: “Wayehlukile futhi eyiphayona langempela. Naphezu kobunzima obuningi empilweni yakhe, wahola iqembu lethu kuma-World Championships angu-16, okusenza sibe elinye lamaqembu aphumelele kakhulu emlandweni wezemidlalo.
Amagugu abo, ahlanganisa ubuqotho, ukusebenzisana ngokubambisana kanye nokuzimela nokuzimisela okuqinile, kusewumgogodla weqembu lethu futhi kuyifa labo, njengesibongo sakwaWilliams esigijima ngaso ngokuziqhenya. Imicabango yethu ikanye nomndeni wakwaWilliams kulesi sikhathi esinzima. "
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Sir Frank Williams
Wazalwa ngo-1942 eSouth Shields, uSir Frank wasungula iqembu lakhe lokuqala ngo-1966, i-Frank Williams Racing Cars, egijima ku-Formula 2 kanye ne-Formula 3. Ukuqala kwakhe ku-Formula 1 kwakuzokwenzeka ngo-1969, njengomshayeli umngane wakhe uPiers Courage.
I-Williams Grand Prix Engineering (ngaphansi kwegama layo eliphelele) izozalwa kuphela ngo-1977, ngemva kobambiswano olungaphumelelanga no-De Tomaso kanye nokutholwa kwengxenye enkulu ye-Frank Williams Racing Cars yinjinga yaseCanada u-Walter Wolf. Ngemva kokususwa esikhundleni sokuba umholi weqembu, uSir Frank Williams, kanye nonjiniyela osemusha ngaleso sikhathi uPatrick Head, basungula i-Williams Racing.
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Kwakungonyaka we-1978, lapho kuqalwa i-chassis yokuqala eyakhiwe yiNhloko, i-FW06, lapho uSir Frank ezothola khona ukunqoba kokuqala kukaWilliams futhi kusukela lapho impumelelo yeqembu ayizange iyeke ukukhula.
Isihloko sokuqala somshayeli sizofika ngo-1980, nomshayeli u-Alan Jones, lapho kuzokwengezwa abanye abayisithupha, njalo nabashayeli bezindiza abahlukene: u-Keke Rosberg (1982), uNelson Piquet (1987), u-Nigel Mansell (1992), u-Alain Prost (1993). ) , Damon Hill (1996) kanye noJacques Villeneuve (1997).
Ukuphumelela kukaWilliams Racing kwezemidlalo akuzange kuhluleke ukukhula ngalesi sikhathi, ngisho nalapho uSir Frank ehlelwa yingozi yomgwaqo eyamshiya ene-quadriplency ngo-1986.
USir Frank Williams uzoshiya ubuholi beqembu ngo-2012, ngemuva kweminyaka engu-43 ehola iqembu lakhe. Indodakazi yakhe, uClaire Williams, izothatha indawo yakhe phezulu kuWilliams Racing, kodwa kulandela ukutholwa kweqembu yiDorillon Capital ngo-Agasti 2020, yena noyise (obesabambe iqhaza enkampanini) bashiya izikhundla zabo inkampani enegama lakho.