The team emerged in the 1980s as the one to beat and a reliability record unequalled by any other helped them to sweep to unchallenged and crushing victories in the Constructors' Championships of 1980, 1981, 1986 and 1987.
Joining the team for 1996 was Jacques Villeneuve, 1995 Indy Car Champion and son of the late Gilles Villeneuve. The team had achieved good results during pre-season testing but it was not until the first race in Melbourne that the FW18's true potential was shown. New boy Jacques was the star of the show, claiming pole. With Damon second on the grid. This success continued with Damon also winning in Brazil and Argentina and then Jacques winning his first ever Formula One Grand Prix, the European at the Nurburgring. The team went on to win 12 of the 16 races - Damon eight and Jacques four - and the Constructors' Championship was sewn up by the Hungarian Grand Prix.
German driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen joined up the team in 1997 to partner Jacques. The season promised to be very competitive. The team fought hard but by mid-season still trailed championship-leaders Ferrari.
Ralf Schumacher though was to become the star of the year 1999, putting in stunning performances, regularly scoring points and, at the European Grand Prix, his finest moment almost came but he was robbed of victory by a puncture. His strong racing skills earned him sixth position in the Drivers' World Championship and fifth place in the Constructors' Championship for the team. With the start of the new millennium, a new era began for WilliamsF1. After almost two years of backstage work, BMW returned to the Formula One arena with the WilliamsF1 team. The partnership, planned for five years, got off to a very promising start in 2000 with the BMW WilliamsF1 Team taking third place in the Formula One Constructors' World Championship.
Juan Pablo Montoya the young colombian joined the team to partner Schumacher in 2001. This young colombian performance is promising, with a victory in his debute season.
1978 Start Karting
1991 Winner of the NRW Cup, Winner of the Gold Cup Junior Go Kart Champion
1992 German Go Kart Championship, runner up
1993 ADAC Junior Formula Championship, 2nd, Test driving and one race in Formula 3
1994 German Formula 3 Championship, 3rd
1995 Winner of the F3 World Final in Macau, German Formula 3 Championship, 2nd, 2nd in Monaco, 2nd in the European Championship race in Zandvoort, F3000 test driving for the Le Mans Team in Suzuka
1996 Japanese Formula 3000 Champion, GT series for McLaren in Japan, 3 wins, 2nd
1997 F1 Jordan-Peugeot, 13 points, 11th, 3rd place in Argentina
998 F1 Benson & Hedges Jordan-Mugen Honda, 14 points, 10th
1999 F1 Winfield-Williams Supertec, 36 points, 6th
2000 F1 BMW-Williams, 24 points, 5th
2001 F1 BMW-Williams, 49 points, 4th, 3 victories
2002 F1 BMW-Williams
1981-1984 Karting; National Children's Kart Champion in 1984
1985 Karting; Runner up in Children's Kart Championship
1986 Karting; Champion in the local and national junior division
1987-1989 Karting; Komet Division, obtaining several titles in local and national divisions
1990 Karting; Junior World Championship, Lonato, Italy
1991 Karting; Junior World Championship, Laval, France
1992 Took part in Skip Barber course (USA); Copa Formula Renault in Colombia, four wins in eight races, five pole positions
1993 Nationale Tournement Swift GTI Championship, Champion, seven wins in eight races, seven poles
1994 Karting Sudam 125, winner of class; Barber Saab USA Championship, 3rd overall; Prototype Class, Mexico, pole position and track record; Formula N class, Mexico, 3 wins out of 5 races, 4 poles
1995 British Formula Vauxhall Championship, 3rd; Bogota 6 Hour Race, class winner
1996 Marlboro Masters, Zandvoort, 4th place; British Formula 3 Championship, 2 wins; Bogota 6 Hour Race, winner; took part in Silverstone ITC race for Mercedes-Benz
1997 FIA International F3000 Championship with RSM Marko, runner up; test driver for WilliamsF1
1998 FIA International F3000 Championship with Super Nova, champion with record points total
1999 CART Champion with Chip Ganassi, 7 wins, 7 pole positions, youngest ever series champion
2000 CART Championship with Chip Ganassi, 9th, 3 victories, 7 pole positions, most laps led; Indianapolis 500, winner at first attempt
2001 F1 BMW-Williams, 31 points, 6th, 1 victory
2002 F1 BMW-Williams
