Editing Williams Racing (section)

====1989 season====
[[File:WilliamsFW12PatreseExhSinsheim.JPG|thumb|[[Williams FW12C]], the first powered by a Renault engine]]
The Renault era started in {{F1|1989}}, with [[Riccardo Patrese]] and [[Thierry Boutsen]] at the helm of the two Williams cars. Boutsen replaced Mansell, who had signed a contract with Ferrari. The engine's first Grand Prix in [[1989 Brazilian Grand Prix|Brazil]] was one that the team would prefer to forget: Boutsen retired with an engine failure and Patrese with an alternator failure. Williams managed to get back on track with Boutsen finishing in fourth at the next race in [[1989 San Marino Grand Prix|Italy]]; winning the team three points. Two races later at the [[1989 Mexican Grand Prix|Mexican Grand Prix]], the team managed to achieve their first podium with the Renault engine, as Patrese finished second, 15 seconds behind [[Ayrton Senna]] in first. The next race saw Patrese finish second again, having started from 14th on the grid, with Boutsen finishing in 6th. At the sixth round in [[1989 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]], Williams not only scored their first win with the Renault engine but also their first one-two: with Boutsen finishing in first followed by Patrese in second. This won the team 15 points. Williams came second in the Constructors' Championship, scoring 77 points, 64 points behind McLaren. Patrese finished 3rd in the Drivers' Championship with 40 points, 41 points behind first-placed [[Alain Prost]]. Boutsen finished 5th in the championship with 37 points after also winning in [[1989 Australian Grand Prix|Australia]]. Boutsen's win gave Williams the distinction of having won both the first and last Grand Prix of the 1980s.