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50th anniversary not on Sir Frank Williams' mind at Silverstone

Sir Frank Williams celebrates his 50 years in F1 at Silverstone, but the legendary team principal will have a more pressing matter on his mind this weekend. Sir Frank will be once again on active duty in his team's garage for the British Grand Prix, supporting the Grove-based outfit at its home race during perhaps the most difficult time in the squad's over four-decade history. The flawed design of the team's FW42 coupled with operational issues at the start of the season led to the departure of technical director Paddy Lowe and weak results on the track. But Williams has rekindled the spirit of its tenacious founders - Sir Frank and Patrick Head - to dig in and slowly pull itself out of...
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