Sentence examples for the first podium from inspiring English sources

The third-place finish Sunday was the first podium finish for Renault this year.

In his first podium finish in two years, Felipe Massa, Alonso's teammate, finished second, and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi, before his home crowd, finished in third place for the first podium of his career in Formula One.

This is not the first podium appearance for Smith.

The frantic action promoted Mercedes's Michael Schumacher to third place - the first podium since his comeback in 2010 - and Red Bull's Mark Webber to fourth from 19th on the grid.

Vancouver 2010 Olympian Jackson took the first podium of his career by guiding brakemen Stewart Benson, Bruce Tasker and Joel Fearon to a combined time of one minute 50.22 seconds.

The Japanese's future has been in doubt but he said after taking the first podium of his career in his home race on Sunday that he expected to stay on.

It was the third podium finish for Jacobsen this season.

This is the sixth podium sweep at the Sochi Olympics.

Raikkonen's teammate, Romain Grosjean, took the third podium position on Sunday.

It was the third podium finish for Perez, 22, and the second time he has finished second.

It was only the second podium finish for Worley, 20, but the giant slalom specialist is making them count.