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Williams pays tribute to Alan Jones, the team’s first F1 drivers’ champion

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Williams said the 1980 champion helped shape the team and set the standard for those who followed.

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Williams has paid tribute to Alan Jones after his death, crediting the 1980 world champion with helping shape the team. It said Jones became its first drivers’ world champion in Williams’ fourth Formula 1 season.

The team recalled Jones’s extraordinary bond with Frank Williams and Patrick Head. It described him as a fast, uncompromising driver and said he set the standard for future Williams champions.

Williams called Jones an Australian icon and a Williams legend, and said he would be greatly missed.

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