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<b>MAN OF WHEELS:</b> Frank Williams and his wheelchair are almost always in the pits during Formula 1 races. <i> Image: AP / Hassan Ammar</i>
<b>MAN OF WHEELS:</b> Frank Williams and his wheelchair are almost always in the pits during Formula 1 races. <i> Image: AP / Hassan Ammar</i>

LONDON, England - Frank Williams has no plans to retire from the Formula 1 team he founded in 1977 and is under no pressure to do so, his daughter Claire has said.

Now 73, Sir Frank Williams has been quadriplegic and in a wheelchair since a car crash in southern France (profile) in 1986. The Briton spent some time in hospital in 2014 during treatment to a pressure sore.

Claire, the team's deputy principal, said: "Frank is the team principal. Always has been, always will be, until we find him one day face down on the desk."

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