Sir Frank honoured by the BBC
Sir Frank Williams has won the Helen Rollason Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards in Birmingham on Sunday.
The founder and manager of the Williams Formula One team was presented with the award, which recognishes outstanding achievement in the face of adversity and is named after the former BBC presenter who died in August 1999 after losing her fight with cancer.
Williams, 68, has been in a wheelchair since suffering a spinal injury in 1986.
The Williams team have won 16 Championship titles and are the third most successful F1 team in history, behind Ferrari and McLaren.
In 1999, Williams received a knighthood for services to motorsport.
Discussing his career, Williams said: "It's been a great journey, one I'd love to do again if I was younger. I wouldn't try and do anything different except try and avoid the accidents."
He added: "It was great to win the first race and the first Championship and good to be here next to my technical chief Patrick Head, who designed those wonderful cars."
Credit: PlanetF1.com (www.planetf1.com)
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