Frank Williams turned an unpromising team into British racing royalty but, over 40 years on, the future looks just as challenging. In today's Great Read, we speak to key figures from Williams's past and those charged with bringing it success in the years to come
Forty years ago Frank Williams left the company he'd lost and started again – in an old carpet warehouse his friend Dave Brodie had found for him, with a second-hand March of dubious provenance and a struggling driver with a bit of sponsorship money behind him. It was Frank's third attempt at establishing his own Formula 1 team (preceded by those of 1969-71 and '72-76) and didn't seem to have the obvious credentials of a world-beater. But that's what it became, one of the greatest teams the sport has ever seen. Within two years, tenacious Frank's little outfit had won its first Grand Prix, within three its first world titles. Another 14 championships would follow, six for drivers and eight for constructors...
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