Carlos Sainz

Spanish · 2015–2026
VS

Charles Leclerc

Monegasque · 2018–2026
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
36
53
Qualifyingahead
31
58
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
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
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
TOR
MCL
FER
WIL
Toro Rosso 2015–2016Renault 2017Toro Rosso 2017Renault 2018McLaren 2019–2020Ferrari 2021–2024Williams 2025–2026
Charles Leclerc
FER
Sauber 2018Ferrari 2019–2026
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).