Editing Williams Racing (section)

====1978 season====
[[File:Williams FW06.jpg|thumb|left|The 1978 [[Williams FW06]] at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] in 2007]]

For the {{F1|1978}} season, Patrick Head designed the first Williams car: the FW06. Williams signed [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]], who had won the {{F1 GP|1977|Austrian}} the previous season for a devastated [[Shadow Racing Cars|Shadow]] team following the death of their lead driver, [[Tom Pryce]]. Jones's first race for the team was the {{F1 GP|1978|Argentine}} where he qualified in 14th position but retired after 36 laps due to a fuel system failure. The team scored its first championship points two races later at the {{F1 GP|1978|South African}} when Jones finished in fourth. Williams earnt their first podium at the {{F1 GP|1978|United States}}, where Jones came second, 20 seconds behind the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] of [[Carlos Reutemann]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Grand Prix Results: United States GP, 1978|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr312.html|publisher=GrandPrix.com|access-date=13 November 2006}}</ref> Williams finished the season in ninth place in the Constructors' Championship, with a respectable 11 points, while Alan Jones finished 11th in the Drivers' Championship. Towards the end of 1978, Frank Williams recruited [[Frank Dernie]] to join Patrick Head in the design office.