Tom Clarkson

I remember the guys at Mercedes telling me that Lewis is incredibly structured in his life.

Is he a good motivator for Ferrari?

But we've seen the brilliance as well, right?

We saw the brilliance in China Sprint.

We saw, I mean, Silverstone qualifying, you know, it was there.

It's still there, isn't it?

When you look at his data, what impresses you, Fred?

And do you think his presence in the team is bringing the best out of Charles?

Is this the best version of Charles that you've seen?

The driver who joined Ferrari didn't finish on the podium in 2025, but the driver who left did.

For the first time with Williams, Carlos Sainz will stand on the podium.

It's Williams' first podium since 2021 and in a full race since here in 2017.

And just six races later, Carlos did it again, taking P3 in Qatar.

I spoke to Williams team principal James Valls after the first podium in Baku, and as you'd expect, he was incredibly proud.

First and foremost, I'm ecstatic for Carlos.

You know, the pace has been there for a lot of the year.

And dare I say, he needed a result like this for the world to see that he is still the Carlos that deserves to be there and that we're fortunate as Williams to have him along by our side.

And he earned it.

He earned it in qualifying and he earned it in the race as well.

I'm really proud of Williams.