Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, competing in 2026 as Atlassian Williams F1 Team, is a British Formula One team and constructor founded by Frank Williams and Patrick Head. The team was formed in 1977 after Frank Williams earlier unsuccessful operation, Frank Williams Racing Cars, which had become Wolf-Williams Racing in 1976, and it is based in Grove, Oxfordshire, on a 60-acre site. Its first race was the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix, where it ran a March chassis for Patrick Neve, and it began building its own cars the following year. Clay Regazzoni won its first race at the 1979 British Grand Prix, and at the 1997 British Grand Prix Jacques Villeneuve scored its 100th race victory. Williams won nine Constructors Championships between 1980 and 1997, worked with many engine suppliers, most successfully Renault, and partnered with BMW as engine supplier from 2000 to 2005. Dorilton Capital bought the team in 2020.
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The Williams FW22 was the car with which the Williams team competed in the 2000 Formula One World Championship.
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The team is based in Grove, Oxfordshire
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It was founded by Frank Williams and Patrick Head. The team was formed in 1977
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Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, competing in 2026 as Atlassian Williams F1 Team, is a British Formula One team and constructor.
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Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, competing in 2026 as Atlassian Williams F1 Team, is a British Formula One team and constructor.
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The team is based in Grove, Oxfordshire
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Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, competing in 2026 as Atlassian Williams F1 Team, is a British Formula One team and constructor.
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Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, competing in 2026 as Atlassian Williams F1 Team, is a British Formula One team and constructor.
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It was founded by Frank Williams and Patrick Head. The team was formed in 1977
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It was founded by Frank Williams and Patrick Head. The team was formed in 1977
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Claire Williams, the daughter of team principal Frank Williams, was appointed deputy principal in March 2013.
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From 1977 to 2020, Williams served as co-founder, team principal and co-owner of Williams in Formula One
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From 1977 to 2020, Williams served as co-founder, team principal and co-owner of Williams in Formula One
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Sir Patrick Michael Head (born 5 June 1946) is a British motorsport executive who is the co-founder and former Engineering Director of the Williams Formula One team.
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