The FW15C of Alain Prost on display at the Williams Conference Centre
Category
Formula One
Constructor
Williams (chassis, transmission, electronics) Renault Sport (engine)
Designer(s)
Patrick Head (Technical Director) Adrian Newey (Chief Designer) Paddy Lowe (Head of Electronics) Eghbal Hamidy (Chief Aerodynamicist) Bernard Dudot (Chief Engine Designer (Renault))
Predecessor
FW14B
Successor
FW16
Technical specifications[1]
Chassis
Carbon fibre and Aramid monocoque
Suspension (front)
Pushrod, Williams hydropneumatic active suspension system
Suspension (rear)
Pushrod, Williams hydropneumatic active suspension system
Axle track
Front: 1,670 mm (66 in) Rear: 1,600 mm (63 in)
Wheelbase
2,921 mm (115.0 in)
Engine
Renault RS5, 3,493 cc (213.2 cu in), 67° V10, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally-mounted
Transmission
Williams 6-speed sequential semi-automatic
Power
760–780 bhp (567–582 kW; 771–791 PS) @ 13,800 rpm
Weight
505 kg (1,113 lb)
Fuel
Elf
Tyres
Goodyear
Competition history
Notable entrants
Canon Williams Renault
Notable drivers
0. Damon Hill 2. Alain Prost
Debut
1993 South African Grand Prix
First win
1993 South African Grand Prix
Last win
1993 Italian Grand Prix
Last event
1993 Australian Grand Prix
Races
Wins
Poles
F/Laps
16
10
15
10
Constructors' Championships
1 (1993)
Drivers' Championships
1 (1993, Alain Prost)
The Williams FW15C is a Formula One car designed by Adrian Newey and built by Williams Grand Prix Engineering for use in the 1993 Formula One World Championship. It was powered by a Renault V10 engine and driven by Frenchman Alain Prost and Briton Damon Hill.
As the car that won both the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships in the last season before the FIA banned electronic driver aids, the FW15C (along with its racing predecessor FW14B) was, in 2005, considered to be one of the most technologically sophisticated Formula One cars of all time, incorporating anti-lock brakes, traction control, active suspension, and a semi-automatic and fully-automatic gearbox.[2]
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^"The changing face of F1". BBC Sport. 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
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accessible by the driver from the cockpit, which were present in FW15C and earlier Williams F1 cars. The early season performance of the FW16 indicated that...
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perhaps the most advanced and sophisticated F1 cars ever built. The WilliamsFW15C, for example, featured hydraulically and electronically-controlled active...
folded during the 1992 season, to join Prost in the other Renault. The WilliamsFW15C was an extremely dominant car, with active suspension and traction control...
by Michael Schumacher at the 2004 United States Grand Prix. The 1993 WilliamsFW15C; which is considered by many to be one of the most technologically advanced...
geared axle. A version with a differential was developed by Williams in the 1993 WilliamsFW15C CVT Formula One car, but it was banned before being raced...
Schumacher on twisty tracks, unlike the early Williams FW16 which proved difficult to drive thanks to Williams's dependence on electronic driving aids in the...
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Finland's 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg, driving his last race for Williams before taking Lauda's place at McLaren for 1986. Brazilian Ayrton Senna...
threat, way ahead of all the other drivers around at the time". The WilliamsFW15C of Damon Hill and Alain Prost dominated the 1993 season as well. Benetton...
a test driver for the Formula One title-winning Williams team in 1992. He was promoted to the Williams race team the following year after Riccardo Patrese's...
litre, forty valve Renault RS5 V10 engine, as used in the 1993 Williams-Renault FW15C. As with an F1 car, the V10 engine was mid engined (as opposed to...
unbeatable WilliamsFW15C. It is arguable that it was overall the second most competitive car on the grid,[citation needed] behind the Williams, with Schumacher...
outright unofficial track record is 57.6 seconds, set by Damon Hill in a WilliamsFW15C, during a demonstration run in 1993. As of June 2023, the fastest official...
the last row in 1977 was now on the front row beside Alan Jones in the Williams FW07. When Jones's Cosworth expired, his teammate Clay Regazzoni moved...
349 km (2.703 miles) Turns 11 Race lap record 1:14.859 ( Damon Hill, WilliamsFW15C, 1993, F1) Perimeter Circuit (1972–1999) Length 2.942 km (1.828 miles)...
been banned since 1994, two weeks after very successful tests in the WilliamsFW15C in 1993 that proved CVTs had the potential to keep other teams at a...
record set during a race weekend is 1:10.458, set by Alain Prost in a WilliamsFW15C, during second (final) qualifying for the 1993 European Grand Prix....
Adelaide in the last race of the season, he beat Mansell and Piquet of Williams to the title, after Mansell retired late in the race and Piquet was pulled...
Renault engines as Williams in 1992. The championship was won again by Williams in 1993, using the technologically advanced WilliamsFW15C car – the team...
The table below details the complete Grand Prix racing results for Williams Grand Prix Engineering. The team has also competed in several non-championship...
round Grand Prix Circuit (1976–1993): 5.800 km Formula One Damon Hill WilliamsFW15C 1:23.575 1993 Italian Grand Prix Group C Martin Brundle Jaguar XJR-14...
(compared to the outright lap record of 1:15.381 set by Damon Hill in a WilliamsFW15C-Renault during the 1993 Australian Grand Prix). Class winners in bold...
Club Driver of the Year John Bolster Award Gregor Grant Award Autosport Williams Engineer of the Future formerly given separately, but combined for 2008...
Global Information
Damon Hill
Alain Prost