Carlos Sainz
CAREER STATS
Carlos Sainz’s Career Stats
Toro Rosso gave Carlos Sainz his Formula 1 debut at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, where he scored with 9th place. Renault, McLaren and Ferrari followed, then Williams from 2025, and he has raced as number 55 at all five teams. He sits 12th on the all-time list for career points and 16th for Grand Prix starts. Carlos Sainz's salary at Williams is $13m this season, and we put his net worth at $50m.
His stats describe a driver who built slowly, with a first podium on his 101st start and a first pole and win together at the 2022 British Grand Prix on his 150th.
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Official driver profile with career totals (Grands Prix entered, points, podiums, poles, best finish and grid, titles, DNFs) and 2026 season figures
Carlos Sainz’s Career in Numbers
Carlos Sainz’s 2026 Season
Sainz scored in three of the first five rounds of 2026, with 9th place in China, Miami and Canada. Points have been harder to find since, and his next score was 10th in Azerbaijan after qualifying 9th. An electrical problem stopped him in Austria and collision damage ended his Spanish Grand Prix, though he has usually had the upper hand on Alex Albon in qualifying.
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Red Bull
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Ferrari
18
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Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
15
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McLaren
12
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McLaren
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$13m
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Carlos Sainz’s F1 Results Season by Season
Williams · 2026
18th
7 points so far
- Starts
- 17
- Wins
- 0
- Podiums
- 0
- Poles
- 0
Williams · 2025
9th
64 points
- Starts
- 23
- Wins
- 0
- Podiums
- 2
- Poles
- 0
Ferrari · 2024
5th
290 points
- Starts
- 23
- Wins
- 2
- Podiums
- 9
- Poles
- 1
Ferrari · 2023
7th
200 points
- Starts
- 21
- Wins
- 1
- Podiums
- 3
- Poles
- 2
Ferrari · 2022
5th
246 points
- Starts
- 22
- Wins
- 1
- Podiums
- 9
- Poles
- 3
Ferrari · 2021
5th
164.5 points
- Starts
- 22
- Wins
- 0
- Podiums
- 4
- Poles
- 0
McLaren · 2020
6th
105 points
- Starts
- 16
- Wins
- 0
- Podiums
- 1
- Poles
- 0
McLaren · 2019
6th
96 points
- Starts
- 21
- Wins
- 0
- Podiums
- 1
- Poles
- 0
Renault · 2018
10th
53 points
- Starts
- 21
- Wins
- 0
- Podiums
- 0
- Poles
- 0
Renault / Toro Rosso · 2017
9th
54 points
- Starts
- 20
- Wins
- 0
- Podiums
- 0
- Poles
- 0
Toro Rosso · 2016
12th
46 points
- Starts
- 21
- Wins
- 0
- Podiums
- 0
- Poles
- 0
Toro Rosso · 2015
15th
18 points
- Starts
- 19
- Wins
- 0
- Podiums
- 0
- Poles
- 0
The 2026 card updates after every race. Earlier seasons are final.
2014
1st (champion)
- Series
- Formula Renault 3.5 Series
- Team
- DAMS
2013
10th
- Series
- GP3 Series
- Team
- MW Arden
2013
19th
- Series
- Formula Renault 3.5 Series
- Team
- Zeta Corse
2013
7th
- Series
- Macau Grand Prix
- Team
- Carlin
2012
6th
- Series
- British Formula 3 International Series
- Team
- Carlin
2012
9th
- Series
- Formula 3 Euro Series
- Team
2012
5th
- Series
- FIA Formula 3 European Championship
- Team
- Carlin
2012
4th
- Series
- Masters of Formula 3
- Team
2012
7th
- Series
- Macau Grand Prix
- Team
2011
2nd
- Series
- Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
- Team
- Koiranen Motorsport
2011
1st (champion)
- Series
- Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
- Team
2011
NC
- Series
- Formula 3 Euro Series (guest)
- Team
- Signature
2011
17th
- Series
- Macau Grand Prix
- Team
2010
4th
- Series
- Formula BMW Europe
- Team
- EuroInternational
2010
NC
- Series
- Formula BMW Pacific (guest)
- Team
2010
NC
- Series
- Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (guest)
- Team
- Epsilon Euskadi and Tech 1 Racing
2010
NC
- Series
- European F3 Open (guest)
- Team
- De Villota Motorsport
2010
18th
- Series
- Formula Renault UK Winter Series
- Team
- Koiranen Bros. Motorsport
Toro Rosso · 2015-2016
Max Verstappen
- Races Together
- 23
- Race Head to Head
- 9-12
- Qualifying Head to Head
- 11-12
- Points
- 22-62
Toro Rosso · 2016-2017
Daniil Kvyat
- Races Together
- 31
- Race Head to Head
- 21-7
- Qualifying Head to Head
- 19-12
- Points
- 90-8
Renault · 2017-2018
Nico Hülkenberg
- Races Together
- 25
- Race Head to Head
- 12-12
- Qualifying Head to Head
- 9-16
- Points
- 59-78
Toro Rosso · 2017
Pierre Gasly
- Races Together
- 2
- Race Head to Head
- 0-2
- Qualifying Head to Head
- 2-0
- Points
- 0-0
McLaren · 2019-2020
Lando Norris
- Races Together
- 38
- Race Head to Head
- 21-16
- Qualifying Head to Head
- 18-20
- Points
- 201-146
Ferrari · 2021-2024
Charles Leclerc
- Races Together
- 89
- Race Head to Head
- 33-51
- Qualifying Head to Head
- 32-57
- Points
- 900.5-1013
Williams · 2025-2026
Alex Albon
- Races Together
- 41
- Race Head to Head
- 19-20
- Qualifying Head to Head
- 27-13
- Points
- 71-78
Head to heads and points count only races both drivers started, with Carlos Sainz first.
Records Carlos Sainz Holds
2025 Azerbaijan GP
Supports his birth details, karting results, junior season table, Red Bull Junior Team entry, 2013 test, Toro Rosso signing date and the Prost podium distinction
Official race report confirming his third place in Baku was his first podium for Williams
Race report giving the date (21 September 2025) and his third place, Williams' first podium since the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix
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Best Championship Finish
5th
In 2021, 2022 and 2024
- World Titles
- 0
- Top Three Finishes
- 0
- Seasons in F1
- 12
How Carlos Sainz Compares With His Teammates
Five of Sainz's 11 completed seasons ended with him ahead of his main teammate in the standings. Daniil Kvyat was his most one-sided pairing, beaten 21-7 in races at Toro Rosso, and he edged Lando Norris 21-16 on Sundays at McLaren. Charles Leclerc was the hardest to beat and led 51-33 in races over four Ferrari seasons, although Sainz finished above him in 2021.
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Drivers Closest to Carlos Sainz on Career Wins
Carlos Sainz’s Route to F1
Karting brought Sainz the CIK-FIA Asia-Pacific KF3 title in 2008, and he took the Monaco Kart Cup in 2009 and was runner-up in the European KF3 championship. Red Bull's junior team signed him for 2010, his first year in cars, and he finished 4th in Formula BMW Europe. In 2011 he won the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC title with 10 wins. He clinched the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 crown with DAMS at Jerez after seven victories.
Season standings showing 16 races with EuroInternational, 1 win at Silverstone, 2 poles, 5 podiums, 227 points and 4th place
Supports his birth details, karting results, junior season table, Red Bull Junior Team entry, 2013 test, Toro Rosso signing date and the Prost podium distinction
Shows him 4th in the 2010 Formula BMW Europe standings, with 225 points
Season summary showing him runner-up to Robin Frijns with Koiranen Bros
Shows him as 2011 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC champion with 489 points, ahead of Daniil Kvyat on 441
Season standings showing 4 wins, 9 podiums, 1 pole, 223 points and 6th place with Carlin, with one of his 26 scheduled races canceled
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Carlos Sainz Career Stats FAQs
Carlos Sainz has 4 Grand Prix wins, and all of them came with Ferrari. The first arrived from pole at the 2022 British Grand Prix on his 150th start.
He went on to win in Singapore in 2023, the only race that year not won by Red Bull, and in Australia and Mexico in 2024.
Carlos Sainz’s most recent win came at the 2024 Mexican Grand Prix, which he won from pole in his final season with Ferrari. Earlier that year he won the Australian Grand Prix after missing the previous race following appendicitis surgery.
He moved to Williams for 2025 and took a podium in Azerbaijan that September.
No, Carlos Sainz is still chasing a first Formula 1 title. His best championship finish is 5th, which he managed with Ferrari in 2021, 2022 and 2024, and in 2026 he is 18th on 7 points with Williams.
His titles came earlier, in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC in 2011 and Formula Renault 3.5 in 2014.
Carlos Sainz started at Toro Rosso in 2015 and has since driven for Renault, McLaren, Ferrari and Williams. Red Bull loaned him to Renault, and he made an early start for them at the 2017 United States Grand Prix.
He spent four seasons at Ferrari before joining Williams in 2025 and has made 246 Grand Prix starts.
Charles Leclerc came out ahead across their four seasons together at Ferrari and led 57-32 in qualifying and 51-33 in races from 2021 to 2024.
Sainz beat him in the 2021 standings, 5th to 7th, but Leclerc finished higher in each of the next three years, including 2nd place in 2022.