As a part of the commemorative livery, the engine cowl of the Williams FW45 pushed by Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant has been draped within the Union Jack. The Grove-based staff’s 800-race landmark can be referenced on the sidepods.
Its sponsor Gulf has acquired extra distinguished branding on the automobile’s rear wing endplates.
The Silverstone weekend was set to be Williams’ 800th grand prix, however because of the cancellation of Imola’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, that landmark had inconveniently shifted from the squad’s residence race to the next spherical in Hungary.
Williams has determined to maintain the livery on the automobile for each race weekends so it will possibly nonetheless rejoice its anniversary in entrance of its British followers in Silverstone.
In accordance with the staff, the livery “pays homage to the staff’s British heritage and to its beloved founder, the late Sir Frank Williams.”
Williams, who died in November 2021, was on the helm of the staff for many of its 800 races, overseeing 9 constructors’ championships and 7 drivers’ championships between 1977 and 2020.
Williams British GP livery
Photograph by: Williams
Williams’ anniversary livery is to not be confused with its fan-voted Gulf livery, which is able to seem on the automobile for the Singapore, Japan and Qatar rounds later this season.
Followers had been allowed to vote on 4 completely different idea designs for the Asian flyaway occasions, with its ‘Bolder than daring’ and ‘Heritage’ liveries making it into the ultimate of the competition. Voting has since closed, however the staff is but to disclose which of the 2 designs has been chosen by its followers.
Williams heads to Silverstone ninth within the constructors’ standings after solely scoring factors on two events this season. Staff chief Albon took some extent with tenth place within the curtain-raising Bahrain Grand Prix.
Albon then claimed a morale-boosting seventh place in final month’s Canadian Grand Prix, taking the staff’s factors tally to seven. Staff-mate Sargeant has but to attain, though the rookie achieved his greatest efficiency of the marketing campaign final weekend in Austria, ending thirteenth on the Pink Bull Ring.
Williams has additionally deliberate additional festivities across the Silverstone weekend, together with a devoted fan zone in London and a demo of Nigel Mansell’s world championship-winning FW14B throughout the race weekend. It is going to be pushed by the staff’s model ambassador and former driver Jenson Button.