554: Sir Frank Williams Tribute - with Juan Pablo Montoya and Maurice Hamilton

Autosport F1 & Motorsport

Motorsport Network

News, Sports News, Sports

4 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Former Formula 1 team boss Sir Frank Williams, whose squad became one of the most successful in grand prix racing’s history, has passed away. He was 79. A short statement from the Williams team said he had been admitted to hospital on Friday and passed away peacefully on Sunday morning surrounded by his family. The Williams team earned 114 F1 victories, along with seven drivers’ titles and nine constructors’ crowns, to became one of the best-known teams on the grid. Frank Williams had originally founded Williams Grand Prix Engineering in 1977, having previously run cars in Formula 2 and Formula 3. Today we speak with two people who knew Frank well and worked with him in different capacities. First we hear from motorsport writer and broadcaster Maurice Hamilton. We also speak with Juan Pablo Montoya who drove for four seasons of Formula 1 with Williams. They were in conversation with Diana Binks on Motorsport TV Live. Watch here: https://uk.motorsport.tv/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.3	actual voice of a winner. From autosport.com and Autosport magazine, today, we remember Sir Frank
1:05.3	Williams. Former Formula One team boss Sir Frank Williams, whose squad became one of the most successful
1:10.5	in Grand Prix racing's history. Pass passed away yesterday morning at the age of 79 years old.
1:16.8	The Williams team earned 114 F1 victories, along with seven driver's titles and nine constructors crowns, to become one of the best known teams on the grid.
1:25.7	Frank Williams had originally founded Williams Grand Prix Engineering in 1977, having previously run cars in Formula 2 and Formula 3.
1:35.2	Well, today we talk to two people who knew him very well. One is motorsport writer and
1:41.1	broadcaster Morris Hamilton, and the other is somebody who worked very closely with Sir Frank Williams and that is Juan Pablo Montoya.
1:48.8	Diana Binks from Motorsport TV Live talks to both of them. Morris, thank you so much for joining us today. Clearly a sad day for everyone with the news on Sir Frank Williams, but he is a man that knew very well.
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