Williams

00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:47,647 and having a drink or relaxing was actually a waste of time. 557 00:35:59,282 --> 00:36:00,750 [Claire] “I am addicted to motor racing", 558 00:36:00,825 --> 00:36:02,827 Frank Williams declared uncompromisingly, 559 00:36:02,911 --> 00:36:06,211 motor racing is what matters most in my life and then he goes, 560 00:36:06,289 --> 00:36:08,417 “Well I have a family which I love very much, 561 00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:11,003 but they tend to take second place to the business, 562 00:36:11,086 --> 00:36:13,930 there's no question about that" [laughs]. 563 00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:18,685 [interviewer] But did you used to do the family holiday type thing? 564 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:19,977 Never done that, never. 565 00:36:20,053 --> 00:36:23,148 Oh it's too late now anyway, never interested in that. 566 00:36:24,724 --> 00:36:26,818 [Claire] Oh my god, well this is embarrassing, 567 00:36:26,893 --> 00:36:29,612 Mum wanted a hotel to take the three kids to 568 00:36:29,688 --> 00:36:32,532 and family tradition was to have a picture of all of us 569 00:36:32,607 --> 00:36:34,905 on the balcony with Mum, so that's me and Mum there, 570 00:36:34,984 --> 00:36:38,579 so would've been when I was 16, look at me, horrendous. 571 00:36:38,655 --> 00:36:43,786 So in total we went to Marbella with mum 32 times, 32 years. 572 00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:45,791 [interviewer] How many times did your dad come? 573 00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:48,373 Never, not once. 574 00:36:50,458 --> 00:36:52,460 [interviewer] And that didn't bother you? - No. 575 00:36:52,502 --> 00:36:54,755 Mum always used to tell us, there's no point having your father here 576 00:36:54,838 --> 00:36:56,715 because he would drive us all mad, 577 00:36:56,798 --> 00:36:59,176 so we just used to go down there and we had a lovely time. 578 00:37:01,344 --> 00:37:05,645 [cars revving] 579 00:37:05,724 --> 00:37:08,523 [Frank] Can you get that wheel, fast as you can, the bottom one. 580 00:37:11,604 --> 00:37:13,447 Joe have we got another wheel mounted? 581 00:37:13,523 --> 00:37:15,525 [indistinct conversation] 582 00:37:33,084 --> 00:37:35,803 <i>[Claire] Frank endured</i> a <i>lot of piss taking for his efforts</i> 583 00:37:35,879 --> 00:37:38,098 <i>and you know he was the poor northerner</i> 584 00:37:38,173 --> 00:37:40,471 <i>that didn't have a pot to piss in</i> 585 00:37:40,550 --> 00:37:44,896 and his cars were rubbish and, you know, he didn't have half the parts for them. 586 00:37:46,473 --> 00:37:49,773 <i>[Patrick] Frank couldn't afford new tyres</i> 587 00:37:49,851 --> 00:37:54,448 and was racing with second hand Firestone tyres I think. 588 00:37:54,522 --> 00:37:57,696 [Frank] I wish they'd ban tyres, there's just too many. 589 00:37:59,068 --> 00:38:00,320 [Frank Dernie] If Ginny hadn't been there, 590 00:38:00,403 --> 00:38:02,906 Williams wouldn't have made it, cause a lot of the money 591 00:38:02,989 --> 00:38:04,491 that kept it going was hers. 592 00:38:24,385 --> 00:38:28,765 [Dave <i>Brodie] I remember Ginny gave him £8.00 once</i> 593 00:38:28,848 --> 00:38:31,601 <i>to go out and buy some fish and chips, I think it was</i> 594 00:38:31,684 --> 00:38:35,109 and he went out and bought eight Champion sparking plugs 595 00:38:35,188 --> 00:38:36,986 and never came back for three days. 596 00:38:37,065 --> 00:38:39,614 No I don't think my parents were happy when they learnt 597 00:38:39,692 --> 00:38:44,198 that she'd sold her flat to help Frank and to give him a bit of the money. 598 00:38:46,241 --> 00:38:49,120 <i>If there was a common denominator through</i> 599 00:38:49,202 --> 00:38:54,959 the first decade of his relationship with Virginia, would be penury. 600 00:39:11,432 --> 00:39:14,151 <i>[commentator] Frank Williams' team is at its lowest ebb</i> 601 00:39:14,227 --> 00:39:17,151 <i>the cars are well down the grid in seventh and ninth places.</i> 602 00:39:26,406 --> 00:39:28,374 [Dave <i>Brodie] Frank came round to see me</i> 603 00:39:28,449 --> 00:39:30,577 <i>and said “Brode I can't carry on"</i> 604 00:39:30,660 --> 00:39:33,755 and he had a bit of paper with debts on it and they were huge, 605 00:39:34,747 --> 00:39:38,377 <i>and then overnight uh... this guy who had been creeping around with Frank</i> 606 00:39:38,459 --> 00:39:40,962 <i>and giving him little bits of money, Walter Wolf,</i> 607 00:39:41,045 --> 00:39:43,548 <i>did something that happens in business all the time.</i> 608 00:39:43,631 --> 00:39:45,633 [applause] 609 00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:48,140 <i>[Patrick] Walter bought out Frank's debt</i> 610 00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:52,019 <i>and took control of the Williams Formula 1 team.</i> 611 00:39:52,098 --> 00:39:55,773 <i>[Frank] Walter was clearly</i> a <i>pretty clever business ma