Williams FW18

The Williams FW18 was a car built by for the 1996 Formula One season. The car was designed by Patrick Head and Adrian Newey, and was driven by Damon Hill and rookie Jacques Villeneuve. During the season, it won 12 races out of 16, with the exception of Monaco, Spain, Belgium and Italy.
The FW18 is featured in various video games such as ToCA Race Driver 3, Formula One Championship Edition, F1 2013 and F1 2017.
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==Season review==
Designed and built by Head and Newey for 1996, the FW18 was the most dominant car of the season. Williams started their season off with an 1-2 finish at the Australian Grand Prix, in which Hill won the race with Villeneuve in 2nd, the best finishing position for a rookie's début race until Kevin Magnussen finished 2nd in the 2014 Australian Grand Prix.
Hill continued to win two further races at Brazil and Argentina until Villeneuve took his first Formula One victory at Europe.
Hill was leading at the , but on the 40th lap, his engine blew up, ending his race. Villeneuve retired on the 66th lap after colliding with 's Luca Badoer.
Both cars failed to finish in the points at Italy, with Hill retiring on the 5th lap after spinning off, and Villeneuve finishing outside of the points in 7th, behind Pedro Diniz of .
The title would be decided at the season-ending . Hill was leading with 87 points, and Villeneuve was behind him with 78 points. However, Villeneuve retired from the race on lap 36 due to a loose wheel, and Hill eventually won the race and became the Drivers' Champion of 1996.
At the end of the season, Hill was dropped by Williams in favour of Heinz-Harald Frentzen for the next season.
==Race Victories==
Year	Event 	Driver 	Notes
 	Australian Grand Prix	Damon Hill 	
 	Brazilian Grand Prix 	Damon Hill 	Pole position, fastest lap and win
 	Argentine Grand Prix 	Damon Hill 	
 	European Grand Prix 	Jacques Villeneuve	First win for Villeneuve
 	San Marino Grand Prix	Damon Hill 	
 	Canadian Grand Prix 	Damon Hill 	
 	French Grand Prix 	Damon Hill 	
 	British Grand Prix 	Jacques Villeneuve	
 	German Grand Prix 	Damon Hill 	
 	Hungarian Grand Prix 	Jacques Villeneuve	
 	Portuguese Grand Prix	Jacques Villeneuve	
 	Japanese Grand Prix 	Damon Hill 	
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Year 	Driver 	Tyre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	175 	1st 	
 	Hill 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	175 	1st 	
 	Villeneuve 	 	 	 	 	 	11th 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	7th 	 	 	175 	1st 	
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