The Williams FW18 is a Formula One car used by the Williams F1 team to compete in the 1996 Formula One season. Designed by Adrian Newey and Patrick Head, it is one of the most successful F1 designs of
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Jacques Villeneuve driving the Williams FW18 Formula One car at the 1996 Canadian Grand Prix. The Canadian would finish second, behind his teammate, Damon Hill. The Grand Prix was one of six occasions when the FW18s finished first and second.
Damon Hill demonstrating the FW18 at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix.
The 1996 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 50th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. The championship commenced on 10 March and ended on 13 October after sixteen races. Two World Champions
Williams FW18
…The Williams FW18 is a Formula One car used by the Williams F1 team to compete in the 1996 Formula One season. Designed by Adrian Newey and Patrick Head, it is one of the most successful F1 designs of all time. The FW18s were driven by Damon Hill and Jacques…
Damon Hill won his only Formula One World Championship in his last year with Williams. He became the first son of a Formula One Drivers' Champion to win the title.
Hill's teammate Jacques Villeneuve (pictured in 2010) finished as runner-up in his debut season with four wins.
Then two-time and defending World Champion Michael Schumacher (pictured in 2003) finished third in his first year with Scuderia Ferrari, taking three wins for the team.
Williams-Renault won the World Constructors' Championship with the Williams FW18.