The Williams FW06 was the first car produced by the combination of Frank Williams and Patrick Head for their Williams Grand Prix Engineering Formula One team, and it was Head's first full Formula One design. It followed a season in which the team ran a customer March chassis, and it was a simple, light and tightly packaged car that handled well, powered by the Cosworth DFV 3.0 litre V8 engine like many small British teams of the time. Some parts were bought off the shelf, and the radiators came from a Volkswagen Golf. Alan Jones drove it at the 1978 Argentine Grand Prix, and a single car ran all 16 rounds that season, finishing in the points three times including second place at Watkins Glen. Williams ended 1978 ninth in the constructors' championship. The FW06 raced in the first four rounds of 1979 before the FW07 replaced it, and the chassis was later bought by Giacomo Agostini for British Formula One racing.
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Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, competing in 2026 as Atlassian Williams F1 Team, is a British Formula One team and constructor.
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Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, competing in 2026 as Atlassian Williams F1 Team, is a British Formula One team and constructor.
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The Williams FW06 was the first car produced by the combination of Frank Williams and Patrick Head for their Williams Grand Prix Engineering Formula One team.
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the FW06 first took to the racetrack in the 1978 Argentine Grand Prix in the hands of Alan Jones
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the car was powered by the Cosworth DFV 3.0 litre V8 engine
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the car was replaced by the FW07
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The Williams FW06 was the first car produced by the combination of Frank Williams and Patrick Head for their Williams Grand Prix Engineering Formula One team.
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The Williams FW06 was the first car produced by the combination of Frank Williams and Patrick Head for their Williams Grand Prix Engineering Formula One team.
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The Williams FW06 was the first car produced by the combination of Frank Williams and Patrick Head for their Williams Grand Prix Engineering Formula One team.
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Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, competing in 2026 as Atlassian Williams F1 Team, is a British Formula One team and constructor.
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Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, competing in 2026 as Atlassian Williams F1 Team, is a British Formula One team and constructor.
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