Williams F1 Thirty Years of Racing
FW30 with thanks to fans
By Williams F1 Team
February 11 2008
In the fourth of a series of winter liveries released to celebrate Williams’ 30th year of competing in Formula One, the two FW30s that will run at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in testing this week will be adorned with numbers that have been notable for the team over the past three decades. Several of these landmarks are due to be passed during the 2008 season.
| Thirty Years of Racing |
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233,787: Kilometres raced 49,634: Laps raced 34,651: Kilometres led 7,470: Laps led 2,552.5: Total points scored 485: Grand Prix contested 295: Podium finishes 216: Races led 129: Fastest Laps 125: Pole positions 113: Victories 68: Races won from pole position 61: Number of locked out front rows, a record 45: Number of victories led from start to finish 33: One – Two victories 24: The number of consecutive poles (1992 – 1993), a record 15: Number of pole positions secured in one season (out of a possible 16), and achieved two years in succession (1992 and 1993), a record shared only with McLaren 12: 1996 Highest number of wins claimed in one season 9: Constructors’ Championships 7: Drivers’ Championships 7: The highest number of successive wins (1993) 5: Engine partnerships 3: Average Championship position 2: Queen’s Award for Export 2: Recognitions for Frank Williams in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List. Frank is the only team boss in the paddock to have received a knighthood in the Queen’s honours list, which he added to his CBE award collected in 1986 1 and 100: The first and 100th victories were won at the team’s home Grand Prix at Silverstone 1: Frank Williams is the longest serving Team Principal in the sport |
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The team’s corporate history is deemed to have commenced in 1977 when Williams Grand Prix Engineering was formally incorporated, representing the start of the partnership between Frank Williams and Patrick Head. However, in 1977, the team raced a March 761-7 while the first WGPE designed and built car, the FW06, was under development.
Discounting a
number of non-Championship races that the team has contested, such as the
1980 Spanish GP and the 1981 South African GP, Williams will record its 500
GP in Monza this year. If the team completes all racing laps, it will, by
Barcelona, record its 50,000 racing lap. |
Williams has won 23.3% of the races it has entered. This record is slightly behind Ferrari (ratio of 26.5%) & McLaren (24.8%) |
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In the fourth of
a series of winter liveries released to celebrate Williams’ 30th year of
competing in Formula One, the two FW30s that will run at the Jerez de la
Frontera circuit in testing this week will be adorned with numbers that have
been notable for the team over the past three decades.
This first genuine WGPE race car was thus first
entered in the Argentine Grand Prix in Buenos Aires for Alan Jones on
January 15,
1978. As a consequence, 2008 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the team’s
Formula One debut. 
Williams and proud of it.
That's a pretty amazing stat !
Over 44 years (1963 – 2007) McLaren has won 156 races: 3.5 wins per annum
Over 36 years (1958 – 1994) Lotus won 79 races: 2.2 wins per annum
Over 30 years (1977 – 2007) Williams has won 113 races: 3.8 wins per annum
WE'RE THE BEST!