Editing Williams Racing (section)

====1979 season====
Head designed the [[Williams FW07|FW07]] chassis and gearbox for the {{F1|1979}} season with [[Frank Dernie]] picking up the suspension, aerodynamic development and skirt design. This was the team's first [[ground effect in cars|ground effect]] car, a technology that was first introduced by [[Colin Chapman]] and [[Team Lotus]]. Williams also obtained membership of the [[Formula One Constructors' Association]] (FOCA) which expressed a preference for teams to run two cars, so Jones was joined at the team by [[Clay Regazzoni]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hamilton|first=Maurice|title=Frank Williams|year=1998|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=0-333-71716-3|page=80}}</ref> It was not until the seventh round of the championship, the {{F1 GP|1979|Monaco}}, that they finished in the points. Regazzoni came close to taking the team's first win but finished second, less than a second behind race winner [[Jody Scheckter]]. The next race, the [[1979 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]], is remembered for the final lap battle between [[René Arnoux]] and [[Gilles Villeneuve]], but also saw both cars finish in the points for the first time; as Jones was fourth with Regazzoni in sixth.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grand Prix Results: French GP, 1979|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr321.html|publisher=GrandPrix.com|access-date=9 June 2012}}</ref> The team's first win came at the {{F1 GP|1979|British}} (their home Grand Prix) when Regazzoni finished 25 seconds ahead of second place.

Greater success followed when Williams got a 1-2 finish at the next round in [[1979 German Grand Prix|Germany]], Jones in first with Regazzoni two seconds behind in second. Jones then made it three wins in a row at the [[1979 Austrian Grand Prix|Austrian Grand Prix]], finishing half a minute ahead of Gilles Villeneuve's Ferrari. Three wins in a row became four two weeks later at the [[1979 Dutch Grand Prix|Dutch Grand Prix]], with Alan Jones winning yet again by a comfortable margin over [[Jody Scheckter]]'s Ferrari. Scheckter ended Williams's winning streak when he won the {{F1 GP|1979|Italian}}; with Regazzoni finishing third behind Scheckter and Villeneuve. Alan Jones managed another win at the penultimate race in [[1979 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]] to cap off a great season.

Williams had greatly improved their Constructors' Championship position, finishing eight places higher than the previous year and scoring 59 more points. Alan Jones was the closest driver to the Ferrari duo of Villeneuve and 1979 champion Jody Scheckter. Jones scored 43 points, 17 points behind Scheckter, while Regazzoni was two places behind him with 32 points.
<!--Alan Jones was the closest driver to the Ferrari duo of Villeneuve and 1979 champion Jody Scheckter, the Australian scored 43 points, 17 behind the South African, while Jones's teammate, Regazzoni, was two places behind him with 32 points.-->