Williams Grand Prix Engineering
British Formula One motor racing team and constructor
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| February 2025 | Williams announced a record multi-year title sponsorship with Atlassian, rebranding as Atlassian Williams Racing for the 2025 season. |
| 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 | 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. |
| 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. |
| February 2022 | Williams Advanced Engineering was sold to Fortescue, concluding Williams' involvement in the advanced engineering business. |
| January 24 2022 | Fortescue, an Australian mining firm, purchased Williams Advanced Engineering for £164m to support its carbon neutral targets for 2030. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| August 2017 | WAE announced a collaboration with Singer Vehicle Design to develop a modified Porsche 911 engine with 500HP specifications. |
| March 13 2017 | Paul di Resta was announced as a reserve driver for the team. |
| 2016 | Lance Stroll was announced as Massa's replacement for the upcoming season. |
| 2016 | Valtteri Bottas was released from his contract to join Mercedes after Nico Rosberg's retirement. |
| September 2016 | Felipe Massa announced his intentions to retire from Formula One. |
| 2015 | The team continued to improve with Mercedes power units, consistently performing better in Formula One races and championships. |
| 2014 | Williams Racing introduces the Williams FW36 Formula One car |
| 2014 | Felipe Massa secured the team's first pole position since 2012, marking the only time Mercedes was beaten to pole position that season. |
| 2014 | Williams becomes Williams Martini Racing, with a multi-year title sponsorship deal, except in Bahrain, Russia, and Abu Dhabi due to alcohol advertising restrictions. |
| 2014 | Williams achieved a double podium in Abu Dhabi and finished third in the Constructors' Championship. |
| 2014 | Williams Racing began using Mercedes power units, marking a significant shift in their power unit strategy after previously using Renault engines. |
| April 2014 | Williams Hybrid Power was sold to GKN. |
| March 2014 | Williams Hybrid Power was sold to GKN, marking the company's exit from the hybrid power technology business. |
| March 16 2014 | Williams Racing achieved a breakthrough performance at the Australian Grand Prix, securing a podium finish with Valtteri Bottas. |
| 2013 | Valtteri Bottas was promoted from test driver to race driver, joining Pastor Maldonado in the team. |
| June 2013 | WAE announced a new collaboration with Nismo, Nissan's performance-oriented brand, to partner in the development of high-performance road cars. |
| May 2013 | Williams signed a long-term contract with Mercedes to supply 1.6-litre V6 turbo engines starting from the 2014 season. |
| March 2013 | Claire Williams, daughter of team principal Frank Williams, was appointed deputy principal. |
| 2012 | Patrick Head moved from Williams F1 team to Williams Hybrid Power Limited, a subsidiary of Williams Grand Prix Holdings. |
| May 2012 | At the Spanish Grand Prix, Pastor Maldonado won Williams' first race victory since the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix. |
| May 13 2012 | A fire broke out in the Williams team garage approximately 90 minutes after Maldonado's victory, damaging Bruno Senna's FW34 and causing several injuries. |
| January 2012 | Bruno Senna confirmed as Maldonado's teammate, effectively ending Rubens Barrichello's Formula One career. |
| 2011 | Williams had a difficult season, with their best results being two ninth places for Barrichello and one tenth place for Maldonado, ultimately finishing ninth in the Constructors' Championship. |
| 2011 | Williams became the first time since 1981 to start a season without a European driver, with Pastor Maldonado and Rubens Barrichello in their driver lineup. |
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