Monaco GP: Another double points for Williams Racing


By Williams Racing
May 26 2025

In a race that would see the teams required to make two pits stops the 2025 Monaco GP would see the Atlassian Williams Racing Team come away with another double points finish with Alex Albon in 9th and Carlos Sainz 10th. In a race that saw a variety of strategies from the various teams the most frustrating being the practice of one driver backing up those behind to make a gap for their team-mate in front in order to so they could make their pit stops. Williams would be forced into doing this to allow both Alex and Carlos to make their two stops. As a result later in the race we would see Carlos allowing Alex to move ahead and back into his original 9th. Neither driver was entirely satisfied with their races not only in terms of how they had to play the tactical game but also in the overall performnce across the weekend.

 
 Atlassian Williams Racing Monaco GP Race Review
 
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Alex Albon:
"Today isn’t how either Carlos or I want to go racing; it’s not pretty but, in the end, it was a tactical game, and we had to make it work. The Racing Bulls did it first, and we knew if they started it, we had to match it. Realistically we lost the race on Saturday, and you pay the price here; you start where you finish and that was it. The weekend was a bit disappointing as it feels like we didn’t maximise what we could have, but we’ve still come away with three good points for the team and we’ll just keep chipping away at it."

 
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Carlos Sainz:
"Today is not how we want to go racing and I think the way us and other teams were able to hold up the pace and build gaps shouldn’t be what the Monaco Grand Prix is all about. We worked well as a team, but I understand the frustrations of the cars around us as we were victims ourselves. Looking at the positives, it’s another double points finish at a weekend that we struggled more than expected in Qualifying. We now head to Barcelona for the final round of the triple-header, so I’m really looking forward to racing in front of my home crowd and hope to share with them a good weekend!"

 
 

James Vowles, Team Principal:
"It’s great to walk away with points with both drivers and brilliant to watch Alex and Carlos execute really strong teamwork to achieve that. We need to review the rules and regulations for Monaco, because racing like this feels wrong and I want us to be racing on performance and merit, and we’re not quite there yet. Looking ahead to Barcelona, let’s keep this run going. That’s three races in a row with double points and there’s lots of opportunity ahead of us."

 
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Circuit de Monaco, Monaco   Lap Length: 3.337km
Pos Driver Team Times Grid
 
9 A Albon Williams Racing +2 Laps (1:14.597) 10
10 C Sainz Williams Racing +2 Laps (1:13.988) 11
 
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