Williams Advanced Engineering: driving and disrupting technology

What happens when you combine world-class talent and cutting-edge technology with a deeply ingrained passion for expanding the boundaries of what’s possible? Jonny Williamson finds out. Over the past four decades and counting, Williams F1 has typified the drive for engineering excellence. From its in-house-developed eight-speed, seamless-shift, semi-automatic gearbox to the carbon-fibre chassis of this year’s car, performance and reliability permeate every component. Williams Advanced Engineering was established to exploit and commercialise the unique knowledge, expertise and technology developed from its own motorsport activities, and apply it to the company’s own products – and for customers. Its inaugural project was the revolutionary Jaguar C-X75 – a hybrid-electric concept supercar unveiled at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.