New owners tie up Williams F1 Racing with group company

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Nicky Godding

Following its sale to the USA-based private equity company Dorilton, announced earlier this month, Williams Racing has confirmed a new partnership with Versa Integrity Group (Versa), a USA-based provider of industrial inspection and maintenance services across all facets of critical infrastructure for the energy services industry.

Based in Texas and Louisiana and a member of the Dorilton family of companies, which now owns the F1 team, Versa provides its clients with the training, testing and inspection services needed to keep their workers and communities safe while producing the critical energy and fuels powering the world today. Versa made its debut on the Williams FW43 at the Tuscan Grand Prix last weekend.

Darryl Schimeck, CEO of the Versa Integrity Group said: “We are excited to partner with Williams Racing and introduce the world to Versa through the sport of F1. Our shared devotion to excellence and safety signalled a clear opportunity between two brands focused on winning and continuous improvement.”

Tim Hunt, Commercial and Marketing Director for Williams Racing said: “In a relatively short space of time, we have already begun to see new commercial opportunities emerge in this new chapter for Williams. We are proud to be working with Versa Integrity in this new partnership. We share the same objective of providing our partners with services of the highest quality and we look forward to developing the relationship to deliver tangible business growth for Versa.”

Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe. After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts. She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.