I give these benefits significant weight. Williams finished a comfortable fifth in the team standings of the 2025 F1 championship with 137 points, 45 clear of next-best Racing Bulls. Williams had said during the planning process that for commercial and operational reasons, the facility would need to be approved "urgently", adding it is "critical" to the team's development programme. The team was founded by Frank Williams in 1977, who actually started the team in Didcot from Walter Wolf Racing. The Williams family owned and ran the F1 team through huge success and championship wins with Keke Rosberg, Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve.

Source: The Herald January 13, 2026 18:34 UTC