Sir Frank Williams RIP

Sir Frank Williams RIP

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Jasandjules

69,910 posts

229 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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I never met him but I would have liked to. He seemed like a nice person as well as clearly being an incredibly strong one.

RIP.

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

196 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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A colossus of our sport. Rest deserved at last.

Milkyway

9,440 posts

53 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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RIP Frank... a true legend & a fighter who never gave up.
Thanks for helping to provide so many memories over the years.
Another one gone to the best racetrack in the World... With Murray commentating of course
angeldriving


Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 28th November 18:13

The Vambo

6,643 posts

141 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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Ach, bugger. frown

One of the handful of great men that made modern F1 so exciting, innovative and bloody ruthless.

A hero of mine.

davidc1

1,545 posts

162 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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Legend. Rip.

sb-1

3,315 posts

263 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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Sad loss .RIP.

hot metal

1,943 posts

193 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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A bloody legend, he nearly went 35 years ago but was a really tough guy so he made it. RIP Frank.

Jim H

842 posts

189 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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It’s just flashed up on my phone.

An absolute legend.

A total one off.

There will never be another like him again.

I really hope him and Piers are catching up on gossip tonight!

What an amazing man. They sure don’t make. Em like that anymore.

moorx

3,516 posts

114 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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Posted in N,P&E, but will also add here:

An F1 legend. RIP Sir Frank and condolences to your family.

TheDeuce

21,576 posts

66 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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AHH Frank.. RIP you legend


I've no doubt that several tributes will follow this week, but here's a recent very happy memory: https://youtu.be/kSoQtwbpcGU

MB140

4,068 posts

103 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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RIP Frank,

Certainly one of the people that got me in to F1 and kept me watching.

Such a shame.

Eric Mc

122,033 posts

265 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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Jim H said:
It’s just flashed up on my phone.

An absolute legend.

A total one off.

There will never be another like him again.

I really hope him and Piers are catching up.
That thought had brought a lump to my throat. Frank lost his great friend Piers early in in his motor racing career and I think it was from that moment that he vowed that nothing would ever deter him from his goals.


Nickp82

3,188 posts

93 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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Sad to hear and I hope he rests in peace. My Dad actually worked for him in the 70s (when he was based in Reading) and so I have grown up hearing various stories involving him as my Dad talks about that time fondly.

Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill winning WDCs were the highlights of my younger years watching F1 too.


Smollet

10,588 posts

190 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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Thought I’d share this. Sums up Frank.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.lap-of-...

MrC986

3,494 posts

191 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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I remember watching the F1 piece where Lewis took Sir Frank around Silverstone a couple of years ago before the F1 & the excitement on Sir Frank's face as they went around mainly sideways, & how special it was for Lewis to be able to do it (& the extra lap they did against the orders they had hehe ).

The news reminds us of what a great period of F1 we had when the Williams team were at the top of their game. Such sad news to hear.

Jim H

842 posts

189 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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Maybe my memory is a little hazy?

But I’m sure I once read, him and Patrick had a Spitfire fly overhead when they’d signed up to BMW.

Even if it’s a Myth.

It’s a great story!

TheDeuce

21,576 posts

66 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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MrC986 said:
I remember watching the F1 piece where Lewis took Sir Frank around Silverstone a couple of years ago before the F1 & the excitement on Sir Frank's face as they went around mainly sideways, & how special it was for Lewis to be able to do it (& the extra lap they did against the orders they had hehe ).

The news reminds us of what a great period of F1 we had when the Williams team were at the top of their game. Such sad news to hear.
At the end of the second lap he's grinning like a schoolboy. He looked ten years younger for the experience! Bruised to hell I bet, but genuinely very happy smile

It's always sad when someone passed but with some people, it's impossible not to reflect on what a wonderful life they have lived at the same time, even inspite of some challenges.

gl20

1,123 posts

149 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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RIP Frank. It was you and Mansell that first got me properly into F1 in the mid-80s.

Whatever the ups and downs of your team, you still built built perhaps the most dominant F1 car ever.

hot metal

1,943 posts

193 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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I guess `wker Williams` showed them all in the end, I am pretty sure he looked back on this moniker quite smuggly at some later stage in his career. biggrin

PhilAsia

3,808 posts

75 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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A David versus Goliath figure. Thank you for the racing. RIP.