Who really owns Williams F1?
Who REALLY owns the legendary Williams F1 team? Spoiler: It’s NOT the Williams family anymore! In 2020, Williams was sold to Dorilton Capital, a US-based investment firm 🇺🇸 — and they’re now the driving force behind the team’s revival. In May 2020, Williams announced they were seeking buyers for a portion of the team due to poor financial performance in 2019 and that they had terminated the contract of title sponsor ROKiT. On 21 August 2020, Williams was acquired by Dorilton Capital.Who REALLY owns the legendary Williams F1 team? Spoiler: It’s NOT the Williams family anymore! In 2020, Williams was sold to Dorilton Capital, a US-based investment firm 🇺🇸 — and they’re now the driving force behind the team’s revival.
Who bailed out Williams for $25 million?
This infusion of Canadian funds into a struggling F1 team echoes the 2018 takeover of Vijay Mallya-owned Force India by the father of one of its drivers, Lawrence Stroll, who has since used the economic downturn caused by coronavirus to spread his roots into the team’s pending title sponsor Aston Martin. Lance Strulovitch was born on 29 October 1998 in Montreal. Stroll is the son of Canadian billionaire businessman Lawrence Stroll—part-owner and executive chairman of Aston Martin, as well as owner of its Formula One team—and Belgian fashion designer Claire-Anne Stroll (née Callens), and has an older sister named Chloe.Born and raised in Montreal, Stroll is the son of billionaire businessman Lawrence Stroll, owner of the Aston Martin F1 Team, and his Belgian ex-wife. Stroll began competitive kart racing aged 10, winning several regional and national titles.Aston Martin Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll leads an enviable life of luxury off the track. The 26-year-old, who partners with the legendary Fernando Alonso for his father Lawrence’s team, began karting at just four years old and has never deviated from his goal of making driving his profession.