James Vowles hails "dream come true" as Williams secures P5 in constructors' championship

Williams crew principal James Vowles described the crew’s fifth place within the 2025 constructors’ championship as a “dream come true”.

Carlos Sainz secured his second podium of the season with a third-place end on the Qatar Grand Prix, bringing dwelling 15 factors for the crew, securing fifth within the constructors’ championship forward of the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Reflecting on the race and season, Vowles famous the leap in efficiency the crew has skilled since its ninth-place end in 2024 with simply 17 factors. In distinction, the Grove outfit has scored 137 factors to this point this yr with Sainz and Alex Albon.

“Distinctive. Actually incredible efficiency from Carlos and the crew when it counted and each element provides up,” Vowles mentioned. “Getting on the rostrum by milliseconds actually is such a simply reward for the unbelievable work the entire crew is placing on this yr.

“I used to be happy with Carlos and the crew once we received our first podium in Baku; the second is a dream come true, however maybe extra importantly at a observe that was virtually our worst final yr. And we have come again, we have reinvented ourselves and the result’s there for everybody to see.

“For Alex, we are going to come again combating in Abu Dhabi. We have not received all of it collectively this weekend, however I am going to reiterate that his efficiency throughout the season is why we have secured fifth within the constructors’ championship at this time. And extra so than that, his tempo continues to be there. We simply have to carry all of it collectively.

“Lastly, fifth would have been a dream come true simply 12 months in the past once we have been languishing in ninth within the constructors’ championship. Thanks very a lot.”

James Vowles, Workforce Principal of Williams, Carlos Sainz, Williams FW47, Alex Albon, Williams FW47

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Albon, who simply missed out on a points-paying end with eleventh place in Qatar, congratulated Sainz and the crew.

“Beginning on the hards at this time, we have been planning on attempting to profit from some clear air with these tyres, however the security automotive occurred early on and we needed to pivot methods. Having began on the hards, we have been out of place and needed to end the race on mediums which wasn’t supreme for our technique.

“We possibly didn’t have the tempo to get by means of all of the automobiles in entrance, however I feel we left one thing on the desk as we had a superb automotive at this time, as Carlos demonstrated as properly.

“The crew secured P5 within the constructors’ championship which is very large – an enormous, enormous properly accomplished to everybody on the crew as this was an enormous step ahead for us this yr and one thing that we should always all be happy with.”

Photographs from Qatar GP – Race

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