1. Claire Victoria Williams was born on 21 July 1976 and is a British former motorsport executive who was the deputy team principal of the Williams Formula One racing team from 2013 to 2020.
15 Facts About Claire Williams
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Claire Williams is one of only two women to have ever managed teams in Formula One.
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Claire Williams is the daughter of Sir Frank Williams and Lady Virginia Williams.
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Claire Williams graduated from Newcastle University in 1999 with a degree in politics.
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In March 2011, she took on the position of Head of Investor Relations to supplement her role in the communications team, playing a lead role as Claire Williams moved from private to public ownership through listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2011.
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When Frank Williams stepped down in March 2012, Claire became the Williams family representative on the board.
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In March 2013, she was appointed deputy team principal of the Claire Williams F1 racing team.
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Claire Williams increased the team's racing budget by securing profitable corporate sponsorships, factors that helped the team to something of a renaissance between 2014 and 2017, when it finished third twice and then fifth twice.
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Under her leadership, Claire Williams F1 launched initiatives guiding students into engineering careers, redeveloped the team's work with its official charity, the Spinal Injuries Association, and supported F1's sustainability strategy through the expansion of WAE Technologies.
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Claire Williams was a patron of F1 in Schools and an ambassador for Dare to be Different.
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Claire Williams was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to Formula 1 racing in the 2016 Birthday Honours.
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On 3 September 2020, Claire Williams announced she was resigning as deputy team principal of the Claire Williams team after the 2020 Italian Grand Prix.
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On 5 April 2017, Claire Williams announced that she was pregnant with her first child, a boy.
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Claire Williams gave birth to her son in October 2017.
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In January 2018, Claire Williams announced her marriage to Marc Harris.