US EditionSainz Secures Fifth Place for Williams in Constructors' Standings
Sainz’s podium in Doha earned Williams 137 points, securing fifth in the constructors’ standings, their best finish since 2017, with a 45-point lead over Racing Bulls.
- On Nov 30 in Doha, Carlos Sainz celebrated a surprise second podium that secured fifth place for Williams after finishing third behind Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri.
- Williams' improvement stems from last year, ninth with 17 points, as fifth place marks their best season since 2017, showing a clear team resurgence.
- Standings reveal that Williams, Formula 1 team, sit on 137 points and in fifth place, 45 clear of Racing Bulls with 43 points still at stake in Abu Dhabi, final round.
- Sainz's night also delivered twice as many top-three finishes in 2025 as seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton, and he called it `I think it's my proudest day in Williams`.
- Team boss James Vowles said he was proud after the first podium in Baku and called the second a `dream come true` at a track that had been almost their worst last year, praising the team's reinvention.
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Motor racing-Sainz secures fifth place for Williams in constructors' standings
DOHA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Carlos Sainz expected Qatar to be his hardest race of the year and ended up celebrating a surprise second podium of the season that secured fifth place in the championship for his resurgent Williams team. Read full story
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The Straits TimesSainz secures fifth place for Williams in constructors' standings
DOHA, Nov 30 : Carlos Sainz expected Qatar to be his hardest race of the year and ended up celebrating a surprise second podium of the season that secured fifth place in the championship for his resurgent Williams team.The Spaniard has now taken twice as many top three placings in 2025 as Lewis Hamilton, the
Williams has practically closed the 2025 Formula 1 season with an achievement that only a few years ago would have seemed impossible: mathematically securing fifth place in the World Constructors’ Championship, in the absence of the last race in Abu Dhabi. Carlos Sainz’s podium in Qatar, his second of the season, has been the icing of the cake for a team that has shown that their shift in philosophy and their commitment to the future are beginni…
The penultimate event of the year held on the international circuit of Losail saw Carlos Sainz climb the podium among the best drivers
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