WilliamsF1, the trading name of Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd.,
is a Formula One (F1) motor racing team and constructor. It was founded
and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head. The team was formed in
1977 after two earlier and, compared with WilliamsF1's achievements,
unsuccessful F1 operations, Frank Williams Racing Cars and Walter Wolf
Racing. All of WilliamsF1 chassis are called "FW" then a number, the FW
being the initials of team owner, Frank Williams. Many famous racing drivers have driven for Williams, including
Finland's Keke Rosberg; Britain's Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill;
France's Alain Prost and Brazil's Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna, and
Canada's Jacques Villeneuve, each of whom, with the exception of Senna,
have captured one Drivers' title with the team. After Senna died in a
Williams car in a crash at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, Frank
Williams, Patrick Head and designer Adrian Newey were all accused of
manslaughter. The trial finally closed in 2005, when Williams, Head and
Newey were all cleared of any wrongdoing.