As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Carlos Sainz · Charles Leclerc
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.067s
Charles Leclerc faster by the median gap over 89 sessions
2021
+0.060s
22
2022
+0.062s
22
2023
+0.133s
22
2024
+0.008s
23
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
73
—
109
182 shared
Qualifying H2H
58
—
124
182 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
2
P5
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings:
3 · 6
2024
P3
2025
P5
2018
P10
2019
P4
2020
P6
2021
P5
2022
P2
2023
P5
2026
P4
Teammate battle by season
8
14
2021
9
13
2022
10
12
2023
9
14
2024
Career totals
Carlos Sainz
Charles Leclerc
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
9
Poles
6
27
Podiums
29
54
Fastest laps
4
11
Career points
1,263.5
1,693
Starts
242
183
Rate-adjusted · per start
Carlos Sainz
Charles Leclerc
Win rate
1.7%
4.9%
Podium rate
12%
29.5%
Pole rate
2.5%
14.8%
Points / start
5.2
9.3
Avg grid
P9.3
P6.2
Avg finish
P9.7
P7.4
Finish rate
83.5%
87.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Carlos Sainz
Charles Leclerc
Overtakes
1,840
1,171
Overtakes / race
8.0
6.7
Places lost
1,742
1,192
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Carlos Sainz
Charles Leclerc
Mechanical retirements
17
7
Crash retirements
14
10
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 9 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
2015
Debut season
2018
2022 · aged 27
First win
2019 · aged 21
2022
First pole
2019
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
Carlos Sainz
Charles Leclerc
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Carlos Sainz | Charles Leclerc |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Miami International Autodrome | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Losail International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P15 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P8 |
Team history
Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso 2015–2016Renault 2017Toro Rosso 2017Renault 2018McLaren 2019–2020Ferrari 2021–2024Williams 2025–2026
Charles Leclerc
20152026
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).