Red For Blue In 1998, Williams Change Colours!

New Formula One World Champion Jacques Villeneuve and his team-mate
Heinz-Harald Frentzen will be in new colours next season. The Winfield
Racing team will be taking over the title sponsorship of Williams Grand
Prix Engineering from Rothmans Racing for the 1998 and 1999 seasons.



Winfield have a history of motorsport sponsorship in Australia and
Europe and this week are partnering Mitsubishi and their World Champion
Tommi Makinen in the Australian round of the World Rally Championship.

Rothmans joined Williams as title sponsors at the start of the 1994
season and have completed a very successful four years with the British
based team. Last year Damon Hill won the World Drivers' Championship
which was followed by Villeneuve's success on Sunday. The team also
clinched the World Constructors' Championship in 1994, 1996 and this
season which was a record breaking ninth time for the Williams team.







Frank Williams, Managing Director of Williams said:
"This is wonderful news for the Williams team, coming so soon after our
success in Jerez this weekend"



The new team's branding will be revealed early next season but red will
replace blue as the theme colour. Both Rothmans and Winfield are part of
the Rothmans International group.