You told us your favourite home race memories

We asked and over 2,000 of you answered – from Red 5 running riot, to a fortune teller in Taiwan, here's what a home race means to our fans

Published

03 JUL 2026

Est. reading time

3 min

Ahead of this year's British Grand Prix, we asked you, our fans, a simple question: what's your favourite Atlassian Williams F1 Team home race memory?

More than 2,000 of you responded, with answers from every corner of the globe. From Silverstone regulars to first-timers, and fans setting alarms in Australia, Malaysia and Brazil to watch a race happening 10,000 miles away.

Here's what you told us.

It's still Nigel's house

Some things never change. One in five of you – around 500 responses - mentioned one name: Nigel Mansell. Mansell mania, it turns out, is still well and truly alive. The 1992 win in the FW14B came up again and again. Red 5 on pole by almost two seconds, Riccardo Patrese making it a Williams one-two, and a crowd invasion so enthusiastic Nigel nearly didn't make it back for the trophy.

Plenty of you also went for 1987 and that famous dummy Nigel sold on teammate, Nelson Piquet, into Stowe after hauling back 29 seconds.

More than 150 of you picked the image of Ayrton Senna, out of fuel, hitching a lift back to the pits on the sidepod of Nigel's Williams in 1991. Two sporting rivals sharing a car, as one fan put it: race hard, but when the race is over, remember your mates.

Mansell Mania still lives on over 30 years later...

What struck us most is that many of you telling us about '92… weren't even around in '92! One fan, born in 2003, called it their favourite piece of team history and said their dream is to see a new generation of Williams success with their own eyes. Another told us their step-dad was in that 1992 crowd, and still has a piece of the track to prove it!

Firsts, families and one fortune teller

Nearly 300 of you told us about a first: a first race, a first British GP, a first season falling in love with this sport. A dad in Australia staying up through the night with his F1-obsessed nine-year-old. A Silverstone pit-lane marshal describing the first time they took their post for the British Grand Prix - "dreams realised."

Our first-ever win came at Silverstone, with Clay Regazzoni taking top spot in 1979

A grandad who once had racing lessons in the '80s and has been telling everyone at Silverstone he drove for Williams ever since (we've checked the records and admire the commitment!)

And our single favourite response of the lot: a fan in Taiwan who couldn't decide whether to buy British GP tickets, so consulted a traditional fortune-drawing service. The verdict? "What are you waiting for? You must go and get your ticket ASAP. Otherwise you will regret it."

The fortune teller was right. See you at Silverstone.

The new chapter

It's not all archive footage, though. Hundreds of you picked moments from the last few seasons, and one man in particular: Alex Albon's P8 at Silverstone last year, fighting through changeable conditions to score in front of the home crowd, came up repeatedly.

Thank you to every single one of you who shared a memory. Here's to making some new ones this weekend.

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