- Beautiful recreation of a World Championship-winning car
- Display model of Alain Prost’s last F1 title car
- Ideal for exhibitions
- No reserve
Following a rough patch at the end of the 1980s, Frank Williams’ team found renewed success after choosing the 3.5-litre Renault V10 for its single-seaters designed by Patrick Head and Adrian Newey. In the very first year of this partnership, in 1989, Williams finished second in the World Constructors’ Championship. In 1992, the British team won both the Constructors’ and Drivers’ titles with Nigel Mansell, before a change of drivers for the 1993 season and the arrival of Alain Prost and Damon Hill. They had the Williams FW15 at their disposal, with which to fight off fierce competition, not least from Ayrton Senna and his McLaren-Cosworth. After a mixed start to the season, Prost took the lead in the championship and never surrendered it; at the end of the season, he won his fourth and final title as Formula 1 World Champion.
The car presented here is an FW15 show car, created for display purposes. It has an unnumbered Williams Engineering badge and is lacking both an engine and gearbox. The narrow cockpit is taken up by a bucket seat, racing harnesses and steering wheel. Externally, the car has all the attributes of an FW15 from the period, with its blue and white livery and its sponsors’ logos. Hill’s name is present on the upper air intake, as well as his famous racing number 0. This is a superb display model, a symbol of Prost’s final world title and of the extremely productive relationship between Williams and Renault.
Crédit photos © Peter Singhof