WHICH JACQUES VILLENEUVE DROVE TO BECOME WORLD CHAMPION THAT SEASON.
The Williams FW19 was raced during the 1997
Formula One Season and was the car that provided Villeneuve with a World
Championship victory. The three-liter V10 engine was a Renault RS9
unit set at a 72-degree angle.Throughout the 1990s, there were really only a
couple of dominant teams in Formula One. There was Benetton, and then
there was Williams. Paired with Renault engines, Williams would become
synonymous with World Championship. Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost and Damon
Hill would all secure titles driving FW cars during this period.
Amazingly, Jacques Villeneuve would prove to be the last one, to date,
to achieve the honor while at the wheel of a Williams. The car that
would take him to that glory would be the FW19.