For a generation, Williams Racing was the standard in Formula 1.
After his previous team, Frank Williams Racing Cars, failed to meet the level of success he had hoped for, Williams rebuilt his team as Williams Grand Prix Engineering, debuting on the F1 grid in the 1977 season.
That year, the team did not score a point, and their best finish was seventh, coming at the Italian Grand Prix.
Their first win as a team came in 1979, when Clay Regazzoni finished 25 seconds ahead of Renault’s René Arnoux.
The next season, they were the Constructors’ Champions.
That championship in 1980 kicked off a run of four titles in the decade, as Williams topped
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