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Bernie Ecclestone led the tributes to Sir Frank Williams after his death at the age of 79.
Williams, who was wheelchair-bound following a road accident in 1986 after setting up Williams Racing in the late 1970s, oversaw nine constructors’ and seven drivers’ titles as the Oxfordshire-based team that he and his star engineer Sir Patrick Head built dominated much of motor racing in the 1980s and 1990s.
He was the longest-serving team principal in the sport’s history, accumulating 114 victories across more than 40 years. His eponymous organisation in Grove lit up the scene through championship-winning drivers Alan Jones, Keke Rosberg, Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve.
Bernie Ecclestone says Sir Frank Williams helped Formula One become what it is today
The founder of Williams Racing sadly passed away at the age of 79 on Sunday
Only Ferrari and McLaren have won more garlands.
Ecclestone, who owned the Brabham team before running Formula One for four decades, told Sportsmail: ‘Frank was a one-off.
'But he was also part and parcel of the way it was back then. We sat together, had dinner together and we did whatever was best for Formula One.
