Our Winning History of Racing with Yellow

There's an all-new look for Franco Colapinto and Alex Albon for our upcoming races, as their FW46 cars sport an updated livery.

Yet there's also something very familiar about the addition of yellow to the engine cover for us at Williams Racing.

After all, yellow is part of our racing heritage and exemplifies some of our most successful years in Formula 1.

As we continue making history with our Mercado Libre partnership, here's a jump back to the history made in yellow liveries.

Fans of Williams Racing might consider blue as the standout colour for the team over the years.

While blue has a place on most of our cars, it wasn't the first primary colour to feature on one of our creations.

An airline partnership dominated the first Williams Racing liveries from our first full-time season in 1978, where white dominated the FW06.

Yellow debuted on the FW08C in 1983, with the chassis being an evolution of 1982's FW08.

Reigning champion Keke Rosberg and Frenchman Jacques Laffite were the first to pilot a Williams Racing livery with a yellow splash.

Keke's 1983 Monaco Grand Prix victory brought back the first of 55 yellow-equipped wins after a charging drive that left the Finn with blistered hands by the chequered flag.

Located just under the roll hoop, the eye-catching bright yellow spot came alongside a partnership with a chemical company and expanded to further parts of the car by the FW09.

Though the 1984 season was littered with issues, Keke's yellow nosecone brought home the winner's trophy from F1's sole running of the Dallas GP.

Nigel Mansell joined Williams in 1985, remaining with the team until 1988 in his first stint at Grove, and the Brit's arrival also beckoned the arrival of the iconic yellow-blue-white tricolour.

Keke and Nigel had an all-or-nothing season with the FW10, winning almost as often as they were retiring, but they helped Williams Racing to P3 in the standings.

The 1986 and 1987 seasons ironed out those DNF results, and Brazilian Nelson Piquet joined Nigel in the garage to rocket the yellow-topped FW11 and FW11B cars to championship-winning glory.

We won the World Constructors' Championship by 45 points in '86, then by an incredible 61 points in '87 as Nelson led Nigel in the World Drivers' Championship standings for his final title.

Though the pair's relationship was often fiery, the duo won 18 of the 32 grands prix over the two seasons in a show of Williams Racing domination that turned the yellow, blue, and white livery into an F1 icon.

A switch of engine partner for the 1988 season triggered a transitional period for Williams Racing and our first winless season since our full-year debut in 1978.

Nonetheless, the livery with yellow surrounding the driver and engine cover remained as we bounced back for 1989 when Thierry Boutsen took two victories in the FW12C and FW13.

The Belgian driver and Italian Riccardo Patrese helped Williams Racing to become the vice-champion team as we left the 80s, and the pairing secured two further wins in 1990.

1991 saw a new partner join the Williams Racing story, but the yellow remained atop our new FW14 car.

Nigel had returned to Grove, too, and the Mansell-Patrese partnership won seven races in our fight to return to the top of the standings.

Although Nigel and Williams Racing both had to settle for P2 championship positions in 1991, 1992 was another story with the famous FW14B.

Nine wins for Nigel, including five successive P1 finishes, and six 1-2 finishes for the team meant the Constructors' and Drivers' titles came to Grove.

The prominent yellow in our livery remained for one final year in 1993 and enjoyed more triumphant times as Alain Prost secured his fourth and final title alongside Damon Hill.

Alain's seven wins and Damon's trio of victories helped Williams to one of our most dominant seasons, finishing the year as champions with double the points tally of our nearest challengers.