1983 Williams FW08C

This is a photograph that I took at the Donington Park Museum in September 2014.

It’s the 1983 Williams FW08C that was driven in the 1983 World Championship season by Keke Rosberg and Jacques Laffite. It was designed by Frank Dernie and had a 2,993cc Ford Cosworth DFV engine. The were 15 Grand Prix races that season and Keke Rosberg gained the only victory for the team in the Monaco Grand Prix, finishing the season in fifth place in the World Drivers’ Championship with 27 points. Jacques Lafite acquired 11 points to finish in eleventh place in the Championship and McLaren finished in fifth place in the World Constructors’ Championship.

Williams FW08C

The VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in June 2003 featured a tribute to Ayrton Senna which included a static display of some of the cars he had driven in his career and a track demonstration.

The 1983 Williams FW08C was the first F1 car that Ayrton Senna drove, in a test at Donington Park in July 1983. The car was driven in the 1983 World Championship season by Keke Rosberg and Jacques Laffite.