Williams F1 50th anniversary exhibition

Williams F1 are marking their 50th anniversary with an exhibition at 26 Leake Street in London, running from 11 to 28 February 2027. The venue is the railway arches under Waterloo station, and that's not a random choice. The whole thing leans on the team's origin story: founder Frank Williams discovered co-founder Patrick Head working in a garage under a London railway arch and persuaded him to build racing cars. The arches beneath Waterloo are meant to evoke that original setting.

It's an immersive, actor-led journey through five decades of Williams racing, mixing heritage cars and original artefacts with cultural details and soundscapes. Among the cars on display are the FW06, the first produced by Williams Grand Prix Engineering; the FW11B, which Nelson Piquet drove to a World Championship in 1987; and the FW14B, which dominated 1992 and won Nigel Mansell his title. There's also the FW19, shown thirty years on from Jacques Villeneuve's 1997 championship; the FW25, Juan Pablo Montoya's 2003 car that set the record for the fastest average speed in F1 history; and the FW38, which still holds the record for the highest speed ever reached by an F1 car, 378kph, set by Valtteri Bottas.

Between the cars, you'll find original artefacts and cultural details from the team's history, with soundscapes running through the experience. It's a look back at fifty years of the team, from those first garage days to the record-breaking cars that followed. The exhibition runs from 11 to 28 February 2027 at 26 Leake Street, the railway arches under Waterloo station.