Racing folk are impatient as a breed. The protracted development of the 1993 Formula 1 championship-winning car began in the summer of 1991, its racing debut was delayed nine months, and there were those within the Williams team who quietly feared it might be found wanting as rivals finally got their acts together. And yet delayed gratification, a concept seldom entertained in F1, would ultimately prevail in the form of 15 consecutive pole positions, 10 fastest laps and 10 race wins.
As Adrian Newey sketched the first outlines of what would become the FW15 on his drawing board, its predecessor was belatedly …
- April 10, 2023
