“Sines became the second pilot in history, which finished on the podium in Williams, Ferrari and McLaren”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
The main key to success was the qualification, where the Spaniard in difficult conditions was able to show the time in the TOP-2, and already in the race only gave way to George Russell from Mercedes. This is the first Podium of Williams since the Grand Prix of Belgium in 2021. However, then the race itself did not actually happen, and the results were determined by the results of rainy qualification. But in a real race, the team last celebrated the podium in 2017, also in Baku, when Lens Saint Finished in his debut season, he finished the third, missing only Valtter Bottas from Mercedes in the last circle.
In addition, Sines became the first pilot since the legendary four-time F1 champion, Alena, who managed to finish in the top 3 as part of three historical teams-Ferrari, McLaren and Williams. These three teams have the largest number of design titles and races in formula-1. Allen Pros also achieved this in his debut season as part of the British team-March 14, 1993 at the Grand Prix of South Africa. And Carlos Sines repeated success only 32 years – September 21, 2025.