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Legendary F1 team founder Williams dies at 79

Frank Williams, the founder of one of Formula One's most successful and popular teams, has died at the age of 79. Williams founded the Williams F1 team in 1977 quickly turned the privateer outfit into one of the sport's best, competing and winning against some of the biggest manufacturers in motor racing. The team won nine constructors' championships and seven drivers' championships between 1980 and 1997 and has remained on the grid for over 40 years. Williams is one of the most important and respected figures in F1 history. "Sir Frank Williams was one of the kindest people I had the pleasure of meeting in this sport," Sir Lewis Hamilton wrote on Twitter. "What he achieved...
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