Formula One Features — January 2000

Some people in Formula 1 think that Frank Williams has gone barmy.

Jenson Button was expecting to have a fairly quiet winter after a busy season racing in the British Formula 3 Championship. As there was not much happening in the middle of December Jenson decided to go off on holiday in Mexico with his girlfriend. And then the telephone rang?

In so far as the Formula1 Technical Regulations are concerned, the year 2000 may prove to be the lull before the storm - that is, if you believe the forecasters.

About 15 years ago the Williams Formula 1 team was being sponsored by Imperial Chemical Industries.