Editing Williams Racing (section)

====1992 season====
[[File:Williams FW14B.jpg|thumb|[[Nigel Mansell]]'s [[Williams FW14]]B used for the {{F1|1992}} season when he won the Drivers' Championship and the team won the Constructors' Championship]]

Williams took a step up for the {{F1|1992}} season, keeping their {{F1|1991}} driver line-up of [[Riccardo Patrese|Patrese]] and [[Nigel Mansell|Mansell]]. Mansell dominated the first round in [[1992 South African Grand Prix|South Africa]], qualifying in pole position and winning the race by 24 seconds from his teammate, Patrese. Nigel Mansell won the next four rounds for Williams, at [[1992 Mexican Grand Prix|Mexico City]], [[1992 Brazilian Grand Prix|Interlagos]], [[1992 Spanish Grand Prix|Catalunya]] and [[1992 San Marino Grand Prix|Imola]], Patrese coming second in all but one (the Spanish Grand Prix at Catalunya, where he retired after spinning off). Mansell's five victories in the opening five races was a new record in Formula One. Senna won the next race in [[1992 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]], ahead of both Williams cars, which finished second and third. In the next race, in [[1992 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]], both Williams cars retired: Mansell spun off on entering the final corner (he claimed that Senna pushed him off) and Patrese had a gearbox failure. Mansell went on to record four more Grand Prix wins, including at the [[1992 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]]. (In the final round, in [[1992 Australian Grand Prix|Adelaide]], the two Williams cars again retired, Mansell after Senna violently crashed into the back of him, and Patrese with electrical problems.) Williams won the Constructors' Championship with 164 points, 65 points more than second-place McLaren. Mansell became World Champion, scoring 108 points, with Patrese finishing second with 56 points. Placing first in nine races, Mansell had set a new record for the most wins by a single driver in one year. Despite this, there looked to be significant upheaval at Williams for 1993; what followed led to a domino effect that had not only effects on the World Championship, but also the [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART]]-sanctioned [[Champ Car World Series|PPG IndyCar Series]].

=====1992 off-season=====
Williams was interested in signing Alain Prost to drive one of its two cars for 1993 as he was returning from his year long sabbatical after being sacked by Scuderia Ferrari during the 1991 World Championship. Patrese, perhaps figuring that he would be the driver being sacked in order for Prost to take one of the two available rides, decided to leave after driving for Williams since 1987. He would join up with Benetton, where he would replace [[Martin Brundle]] alongside [[Michael Schumacher]] in the team's [[Camel (cigarette)|Camel]]-backed Fords.

Mansell, meanwhile, was not pleased that Williams was looking to bring Prost aboard. Prost had joined Ferrari alongside Mansell, replacing [[Gerhard Berger]], for the 1990 World Championship after his run of success with McLaren, and the two drivers' relationship (or lack thereof) played a large part in Mansell's previously mentioned decision to leave F1 before Williams stepped in. Unwilling to serve as Prost's teammate for another year, Mansell joined the [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART IndyCar Series]] for 1993; he replaced [[Michael Andretti]], son of and teammate to [[Mario Andretti]], at [[Newman/Haas Racing]].

Michael Andretti, meanwhile, would be making the jump to F1 for 1993 and signed to drive for McLaren filling the seat held by Berger. He entered a team that was in flux, as there were questions as to who else would be driving for the team and what engines they would be running. Honda, the team's longtime supplier, left the World Championship following the season. Coinciding with this was the fact that Ayrton Senna's contract was due for renewal, and he was not sure he was going to stay. After McLaren was unable to procure a supply of Renault engines, Senna decided to explore other options; he approached Williams with an offer to take the seat Mansell was vacating, claiming he would forgo collecting a salary for the opportunity.

However, as with Mansell, there were lingering bad feelings between Prost and Senna from their championship chasing years at McLaren. Prost would sign a two year contract for Williams, which included a veto power clause for the 1993 season; he exercised that clause and froze Senna out of driving for Williams. Senna returned to McLaren where he ran Ford engines. Williams in turn opted not to pursue Berger, who returned to Ferrari, or Brundle, who signed with [[Équipe Ligier|Ligier]]; instead, test driver [[Damon Hill]] was promoted to pair with Prost.