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Williams is an iconic name in Formula One and there's no question its peak came during the V10 era.

From 1992 to 1997, the team won four drivers' titles and five Constructors' crowns,

yet only one of the drivers that won a championship for Frank Williams during that spell,

managed to stay on to carry the number one with the team for the following season.

And I won't even name-check him at this point.

Beyond the champions, there were several other memorable drivers for Williams

who starred in Renault or BMW powered machinery. So for our now regular top 10 debate in

series 9, we are arguing over the top 10 Williams drivers of the V10 era. And joining me, Glenn

Freeman, to do just that, we have our usual panel for these episodes,

Ed Straw, Matt Beer and Ben Anderson. A top 10 episode means there's no traditional opening

question, of course, so let's show some love to some of the drivers who just missed out

on making the cut. Ed, you included two drivers who didn't make it overall. Tieri Bootson and Heinzeld Frensen.

Are you particularly sad to hear that either of those didn't make it in?

I'm not completely surprised Frensen didn't. He got in simply because he won a race. I'm a bit

disappointed for Bootson because although he wasn't a very Williams driver, he did have

some success and some pretty good wins in that difficult two

season. So, yeah, I think Boots and merits being in there. I think he's an overlooked driver

in general. I'm not saying he should be top three, but yeah, for me, it was never really in doubt

he was in the top ten. So the rest of you were all wrong. Well, well, don't drag me into this. He was in mine as well. It's the other two

that we have to blame. Matt and Ben are wrong. Yeah, I couldn't agree more. I'm going to say that

a lot. No, no, we're not. No, we're not. Right. Ben, anyway, Mark Weber was the only driver

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