Ever wanted to own a genuine Grand Prix-winning Formula One car?
Well here's your chance: the Williams FW07 driven to victory by Alan Jones in the 1979 Dutch Grand Prix has been put up for auction by racecarsdirect.com.
The auction is already live and will run until 5pm on 31 March. But don't get too excited (unless you're rich) – the current leading bid stands at £600,000.
The FW07 was one of the most successful F1 cars, with 15 wins
If you do want to get involved, you'll be bidding on a piece of F1 history, because the FW07 was the car that changed Williams' F1 fortunes.
Designed by Patrick Head, Frank Dernie, and Neil Oatley and powered by a Ford Cosworth DFV V8 engine, it was one of the first Formula One cars to properly master ground effects.
Though reliability issues ruled it out of a serious challenge in '79, the second iteration gave the team its first constructors' title the following year, with Jones also taking the drivers' championship.
The third iteration, the FW07C, also performed excellently, with Williams again winning the Constructors', and in all the FW07 enjoyed 15 wins, scored 300 points and achieved one drivers' and two constructors' titles.
FW07 took first place at the 1979 Dutch Grand Prix, with Australian Alan Jones driving (image: LAT Photos)
