 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Mumwaka wa1976 weFormula One, Walter Wolf wokuCanada akanga atenga 60 yetimu inonzi Frank Williams Racing Cars, achibvuma kuchengeta muridzi wayo aimbova Williams somutungamiriri. Zvisinei, Williams akasiya chikwata pamberi pokutanga mwaka wa1977 kuti aumbe chikwata chake chitsva Williams Grand Prix Engineering. Mushure mokumhanya Hesketh 308C muna 1976, Wolf zvino aifanira kuvaka motokari yake pachake, achiunganidza boka revagadziri vane tarenda nokuda kwebasa racho, rakatungamirirwa naHarvey Postlethwaite, uyo akanga ashanda paHesketh Racing. WR1 yakava motokari yokutanga yechikwata yakavakwa uye yakaita kuti munhu afunge pakarepo apo Scheckter akakunda pakutanga kwayo pa1977 Argentine Grand Prix. MuSouth Africa aizoenderera mberi kuhwina mimwe mijaho miviri, Monaco Grand Prix ine mukurumbira uye mujaho wechikwata muCanada, zvese zviri muWR1 chassis. Pakupedzisira akapedza Championship ari wechipiri. Zvose mune zvose, WR1 ndiyo yakabudirira zvikuru yezvikwata zvitatu zvakashandiswa muna 1977: yakamhanya mumakwikwi gumi kubva mumakwikwi gumi nemanomwe, ichiwana zvikomborero zvitatu uye imwe yakakurumidza kutenderera. Scheckter akakwanisa imwezve nhangemutange yakakurumidza paJapan Grand PrixmuWR3 uye nzvimbo imwe yokutanga neWR2 paHockenheim. 