1986 Williams FW11

This is one of the cars I photographed at the Donington Park Museum in September 2014.

It's the 1986 Williams FW11 with a 1,494cc turbocharged V8 Honda engine that was designed by Frank Dernie and was driven by Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet in the 1986 season, and by the same two drivers as the slightly modified Williams FW11B in the 1987 season. In 1986 Nigel Mansell won five races in the World Drivers' Championship and with two second places and two third place finishes he finishes in second place in the Championship to Alain Prost in his McLaren MP4/2C who only had four race wins, but a string of second and third places to win the Championship by two points. Nelson Piquet also had four race wins and finished in third place in the Championship, one point behind his team mate. In 1987 Nelson Piquet was World Champion with three race wins, seven second and one third place with Nigel Mansell in second place with six race wins but only three other points-scoring finishes. The Williams team won the World Constructors' Championship in 1986 and 1987 with McLaren in second place in both years.