Williams Grand Prix Holdings PLC posted a half year profit of £7.8 million between January and June of 2016, the companies latest financial results show.
WGPH, a publically listed company, encompasses the Formula 1 team and Williams Advanced Engineering. Both companies posted an EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) profit for the first six months of the year.
The F1 team's revenues fell slightly from £51.4m during the same period of 2015 to £51.3m, but profit rose by more than £2.5m to £4.1m.
The engineering side generated revenues of £20.6m, compared to £10.8m last year, with a profit of £3.5m, up from just £0.1m.
The figures were praised by group chief executive officer Mike O’Driscoll: "These financial results show strong progress across the Williams Group and continue to validate the approaches we have taken to achieve our core long-term objectives of building a championship-contending Formula One team and profitable advanced engineering business."
O'Driscoll believes the coming changes to the F1 regulations in 2017 could create an opportunity for the team to improve its financial position in the long-term, but warned it would have a negative impact in the immediate future.
"After finishing a strong third in the Constructors’ Championship the past two seasons, and out-performing teams with much larger budgets, the team is in fourth place in this year’s Championship.
"The evolving Formula One regulations dictate a significant change in car design for the 2017 season, which we embrace enthusiastically as an opportunity to make a step forward in our track performance.
"There are headwinds that we must face in the second half of 2016 and into 2017, notably the increased costs that are incurred during a period of regulatory change in the sport, and predicted uncertainty in many world economies, and this will impact our near term results."
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