After early forays with Spirit, Honda hit the big time in Formula 1 by teaming up with Williams for the 1984 season. It was the start of a relationship that…

FEISTY JUST LIKE HIS DAD May was a difficult time at Williams, having started the season far from where we had planned, but I won't dwell upon the steps we…

"Jean-Louis was a pretty good test driver and worked well with us. He was always strongly opinionated and I am sure that, if we had left it to him, he would…

Someone who has spent his working life in the design and operation of exotic race cars, it surprises some that I have low interest in the cars I drive on…

Parental guidance This month I'm going to look back to my earliest connections with motor racing. My father was a very successful amateur racing driver in the 1950s. Michael Head…

Year of Eureka! This month I'm taking a look back to our first truly successful car, the FW07, with which Clay Regazzoni won our first Grand Prix and which is…

THE RACE TO IMPROVE As I write this, between the Malaysian and Chinese Grands Prix, we can draw some initial conclusions about how each team has fared in the opening…

PATRICK HEAD - RACING LIFE VERY ENJOYABLE DAYS AT THE GOODWOOD FESTIVAL of Speed prompted me to think of our six-wheeler, the FW08D, which Jonathan Palmer drove up the hill…

Williams has achieved massive success since it scored its first Grand Prix win in 1979, but none of the team's cars has been anywhere near as successful as last year's…

In honour of Frank Last month's induction of Frank Williams into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame gives me an opportunity to reflect on the man with whom I have…

During my time at Williams I have been privileged to compete against a number of designers whose work I have respected but tried to beat on track. Outstanding among these…

I am sometimes asked about past Williams drivers and Carlos Reutemann in particular, who is always referred to as enigmatic because he was sparing with his true thoughts and often…