Quirky Williams 2027 F1 car name plan explained

While Williams has embarked on a new era under owner Dorilton Capital, which took over in 2020, the team’s heritage remains an important element.In fact, on the day of the takeover, continuing under the Williams brand and retaining its famous FW chassis moniker (in honour of founder Frank Williams) were singled out as two things that would never change.The chassis tradition has continued to today, with this year’s design raced by Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz being the FW48.But as part of its celebrations next year for the 50th anniversary of Williams Grand Prix Engineering’s debut race – which was the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix when the team ran a March chassis for Patrick Neve (pictured below, courtesy of Paul-Henri Cahier/F1-Photo) – it is understood Williams is going …