Formula One team founder Frank Williams dies at 79
“After being admitted into hospital on Friday, Sir Frank passed away peacefully this morning surrounded by his family,” Williams Racing said in a statement Sunday.
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“After being admitted into hospital on Friday, Sir Frank passed away peacefully this morning surrounded by his family,” Williams Racing said in a statement Sunday.
“After being admitted into hospital on Friday, Sir Frank passed away peacefully this morning surrounded by his family,” Williams Racing said in a statement Sunday.
From an empty carpet warehouse to the F1 summit, Williams oversaw 114 victories and a combined 16 drivers’ and constructors’ world championships.
Frank Williams, founder and former boss of a team that bore his name, died on Sunday at the age of 79.
Sir Frank Williams, whose life was made all the more extraordinary by the horrific car crash he suffered in France, took his motor racing team from an empty carpet warehouse to the summit of Formula One.