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Racing car model
Williams FW06
Category
Formula One
Constructor
Williams
Designer(s)
Patrick Head
Predecessor
Williams FW04
Successor
Williams FW07
Technical specifications
Chassis
Aluminium monocoque
Engine
Ford-Cosworth DFV 2,993 cc (182.6 cu in) 90° V8 naturally aspirated mid-mounted
Transmission
Hewland FGA 400 6-speed manual
Tyres
Goodyear
Competition history
Notable entrants
Williams
Notable drivers
27. Alan Jones 28. Clay Regazzoni
Debut
1978 Argentine Grand Prix
Races
Wins
Poles
F/Laps
20
0
0
2
Constructors' Championships
0
Drivers' Championships
0
The Williams FW06 was the first car produced by the combination of Frank Williams and Patrick Head for their Williams Grand Prix Engineering Formula One team. As was the standard arrangement for the many small British garagiste teams, the car was powered by the Cosworth DFV 3.0 litre V8 engine.
The WilliamsFW06 was the first car produced by the combination of Frank Williams and Patrick Head for their Williams Grand Prix Engineering Formula One...
Prix. For the 1978 season, Patrick Head designed the first Williams car: the FW06. Williams signed Alan Jones, who had won the Austrian Grand Prix the...
Chevron B42-BMW and British Aurora Formula 1 with his own team and a WilliamsFW06. He ended his auto racing career in 1980. In 1982, Agostini returned...
was in a three-car battle for twelfth with van Eerd and David Shaw (WilliamsFW06), only to hit the barrier on the exit of Tabac on lap 5. This brought...
1979 scored using the FW06 * 44 points in 1982 scored using the FW08 Lotus 79 Brabham BT49 Thorson, Thor (July 2010). "1979 Williams FW07 Formula One". Sports...
driver Alan Jones, the Head-designed FW06 made its first appearance. Despite having no money, and with Williams himself frequently forced to conduct business...
qualifier David Shaw (WilliamsFW06) the first car on the inside. Shaw got a slow launch; fifth-placed qualifier Mark Hazell (Williams FW07B), tried to pass...
of 1976, Regazzoni joined the Ensign and Shadow teams, before moving to Williams in 1979, where he took the British team's first ever Grand Prix victory...
Williams Formula One team from 1977 to 1984. During this period Williams won the Constructors' Championship twice (1980 and 1981), and two Williams drivers...
1978 Williams Grand Prix Engineering WilliamsFW06 Ford-Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Alan Jones, Clay Regazzoni 1996 Williams Grand Prix Engineering Williams FW18...
29 "Williams' Old HQ at Didcot". The Williams Grand Prix Database. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2016. "The Road to Le Mans". The Williams Grand...
The Williams FW04 (later the Wolf–Williams FW04) was a Formula One car used by Frank Williams Racing Cars during the 1975 season and Wolf–Williams Racing...
United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, Lombardi had a one-off drive for Williams. However, she was prevented from starting due to an ignition problem. In...
Drivers' Championship was won by the Spaniard Emilio de Villota who drove a Williams FW07 entered by RAM Racing. Points are awarded to the top ten classified...
The table below details the complete Grand Prix racing results for Williams Grand Prix Engineering. The team has also competed in several non-championship...
British Formula 3 and Aurora F1. The team entered Giacomo Agostini's WilliamsFW06 in the Aurora-backed British F1 series in 1979 and 1980. Many future...
13 28 Mark Hazell Williams FW07B 1980 17 +1 lap 27 14 31 Ronald Maydon LEC CRP1 1977 17 +1 lap 29 15 27 Martin Bullock WilliamsFW06 1978 17 +1 lap 24...
on the front row. In the race, he led at the first corner while Peter Williams collided with a spinning Peter Wuensch behind, triggering a safety car...
+17 laps 17 34 19 Mark White Surtees TS16 1974 1 +17 laps 22 DNS 27 Nathan Kinch WilliamsFW06 1978 DNS 42 Guillaume Collinot Token RJ02 1974 Sources:...
Dickson was the other star of the race. The gritty Scotsman passed the Williams FW07s of poleman Emilio de Villota and Eliseo Salazar on the early stages...
just like the majority of teams. Clay Regazzoni moved from Shadow to Williams, while René Arnoux moved to Renault for his second season. Both teams expanded...
join Alan Jones, were it not for the Australian's new contract with Williams. Williams would enter their first self-made chassis for 1978. Clay Regazzoni...