Williams, documentary - Claire Williams, Morgan Matthews, Lance Stoll - Review and Interview

The life of a red carpet reporter is not always a glamourous one, and on Tuesday 11th July, the heavens would open for the World Premiere of Williams, to remind me just of that.

Still, I was in pole position and hopeful I would secure some winning interviews with Sir Frank Williams’s daughter and Williams Formula One, Deputy Team Principle, Claire Williams; documentary director Morgan Matthews and William’s racing car driver, Lance Stoll.

As a child I remember visiting my aunt for the Birmingham Superprix. The Birmingham streets were transformed into a Formula 3000 race track, and my auntie Doll’s flat over looked it. The weekend was full of adrenaline fuelled motor racing, and so it became an annual pilgrimage for the family.

Austen Rover had a plant in Birmingham, my Nan had worked there. So there was all day racing, different cars locally manufactured, Maestros, Metros all competing ahead of the Formula 3000, and I loved it! The noise, the speed, the rush.

Formula 3000 is the precursor to Formula One. I had always promised myself that when I grew up I would go to Silverstone or Monte Carlo and experience F1, but alas to this day, I have still to fulfil this ambition. So when I was invited to the World Premiere of the Williams documentary, I jumped at the chance.

If you watch this documentary, you’re on to a winner. As I sat to watch the film, I had no idea of its emotional core, which was not what I expected.

“I would hope never to deliver a film which is exactly what people expected. Err, and for me I hope it’s a film that appeals outside of the Formula One fan contingent, although I hope it appeals to them too.” Laughs Morgan Matthews...Read more