Williams Grand Prix Engineering
British Formula One motor racing team and constructor
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| 2025 | Will Green from the United Kingdom joined the Williams Driver Academy, currently competing in Karting. |
| 2025 | Victor Martins from France joined the Williams Driver Academy, set to compete in FIA Formula 2 Championship. |
| 2025 | Williams Racing introduces the Williams FW47 Formula One car for the 2025 racing season |
| February 2025 | Williams announced a record multi-year title sponsorship with Atlassian, rebranding as Atlassian Williams Racing for the 2025 season. |
| 2024 | Alessandro Giusti from France joined the Williams Driver Academy, set to compete in FIA Formula 3 Championship. |
| 2024 | Dean Hoogendoorn from Netherlands joined the Williams Driver Academy, currently competing in OKJ Karting. |
| 2024 | Sara Matsui from Japan joined the Williams Driver Academy, currently competing in OKJ Karting. |
| 2024 | Lucas Palacio from the United States joined the Williams Driver Academy, currently competing in Karting. |
| 2024 | Williams Racing prepares to compete with the Williams FW46 Formula One car |
| 2024 | Franco Colapinto and Lance Stroll are confirmed to be driving in Formula One as academy alumni. |
| April 2024 | Williams Grand Prix Technologies (WGPT) was launched, expanding the company's engineering services beyond Formula 1 racing to multiple industrial sectors including automotive, aerospace, defence, marine, energy, sport, and lifestyle. |
| 2023 | Franco Colapinto enters the Williams Driver Academy, competing in FIA Formula 3 Championship and FIA Formula 2 Championship. |
| 2023 | Williams Driver Academy added Luke Browning from the United Kingdom to their program, who went on to win the FIA F3 World Cup in the same year. |
| 2023 | Lia Block from the United States joined the Williams Driver Academy, competing in Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship and F1 Academy. |
| 2023 | Oleksandr Bondarev from Ukraine joined the Williams Driver Academy, competing in F4 Middle East Championship and Italian F4 Championship. |
| 2023 | Williams announced a long-term partnership with Gulf Oil. |
| 2023 | James Vowles, former Mercedes chief strategist, was announced as the new Team Principal following Jost Capito's resignation. |
| 2023 | Jamie Chadwick and Luke Browning become current roster members of the Williams Driver Academy. |
| 2023 | Williams announced a long-term partnership with Gulf Oil and introduced Logan Sargeant as their first American driver in Formula One since Alexander Rossi. |
| January 2023 | The company was renamed WAE Technologies. |
| 2022 | George Russell left Williams to join the Mercedes works team, with Alex Albon signing as his replacement. |
| 2022 | Williams announced a partnership deal with battery manufacturer Duracell. |
| 2022 | Williams Racing introduced the FW44 as their first car under the 2022 Formula One technical regulations, developed entirely under new ownership by Dorilton Capital with Jost Capito as team principal. |
| September 2022 | At the Italian Grand Prix, Nyck de Vries made his debut for Williams, qualifying 13th, starting 8th, and scoring points by finishing 9th in his first-ever Formula One race. |
| July 2022 | At the Austrian Grand Prix, Williams made further technical revisions to the front suspension of the FW44. |
| July 2022 | At the British Grand Prix, Williams introduced a major update to the FW44, featuring a new floor, sidepod design, and rear wing that closely resembled the Red Bull car's configuration. |
| February 2022 | Williams Advanced Engineering was sold to Fortescue, concluding Williams' involvement in the advanced engineering business. |
| February 15 2022 | Williams F1 team first revealed the FW44 car during a shakedown at Silverstone Circuit, with drivers Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi driving the car. The team simultaneously launched a new darker blue livery, distinct from their previous predominantly white car designs. |
| January 24 2022 | Fortescue, an Australian mining firm, purchased Williams Advanced Engineering for £164m to support its carbon neutral targets for 2030. |
| 2021 | Logan Sargeant joins the Williams Driver Academy, competing in FIA Formula 2 Championship. |
| 2021 | Williams Racing debuts the Williams FW43B Formula One car |
| 2021 | Williams Advanced Engineering began supplying battery systems for the Gen 3 Car in the Formula E World Championship, collaborating with Jaguar Racing. |
| 2021 | Williams celebrated their 750th Grand Prix start during the Monaco Grand Prix, launching a competition featuring 100 supporters' names on their car. |
| August 2021 | At the Belgian Grand Prix, George Russell qualified 2nd and scored Williams' first podium since the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with the race stopped after two laps. |
| June 2021 | Simon Roberts left the team, with most of his responsibilities taken over by Jost Capito and François-Xavier Demaison taking over trackside leadership duties. |
| 2020 | Jack Aitken enters the Williams Driver Academy, competing in FIA Formula 2 Championship and GT World Challenge Europe. |
| December 2020 | Williams announced Jost Capito as the new CEO, with Simon Roberts becoming team principal and reporting to Capito. |
| September 6 2020 | Frank and Claire Williams stepped down from their management positions, with the 2020 Italian Grand Prix being their last time in their respective roles. |
| August 21 2020 | Williams was acquired by Dorilton Capital. |
| May 2020 | Williams terminated its title sponsorship deal with ROKiT following the publication of significant financial losses in 2019. |
| 2019 | Nicholas Latifi joins the Williams Driver Academy, competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and later becoming a Williams Formula 1 driver. |
| September 19 2019 | Williams announced that Robert Kubica would leave the team at the end of the 2019 season. |
| May 2 2019 | Williams Advanced Engineering announced they will supply batteries for the multi-make ETCR racing series scheduled to launch in 2020. |
| May 1 2019 | Williams Advanced Engineering partnered with the FIA sanctioned Extreme E electric off-road racing series, committing to supply batteries for the first two seasons beginning in 2021. |
| November 22 2018 | Robert Kubica was promoted to a race seat, marking his return to Formula One after an eight-year absence due to injury. |
| October 12 2018 | Williams announced that Formula 2 champion George Russell would join the team for the upcoming season. |
| February 27 2018 | Martini announced they would leave Williams and Formula One at the end of the 2018 season. |
| 2017 | Felipe Massa returned to the team on a one-year deal after Bottas's departure. |
| 2017 | Paul di Resta replaced Felipe Massa alongside Lance Stroll after Massa withdrew from the Hungarian Grand Prix due to illness. |
| November 4 2017 | Felipe Massa announced his retirement from Formula One, marking the end of his driving career with Williams. |
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