Carlos Sainz

Spanish · 2015–2026
VS

Daniel Ricciardo

Australian · 2011–2024
Race H2H
91 96
187 shared
Qualifying H2H
90 95
185 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
2
P5
Best championship
P3
Finished ahead in the standings: 5 · 5
2024 P5 2015 P8 2016 P3 2017 P5 2018 P6 2019 P6 2020 P5 2021 P5 2022 P5 2023 P7
Career totals
Carlos Sainz Daniel Ricciardo
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
8
Poles
6
3
Podiums
29
32
Fastest laps
4
17
Career points
1,263.5
1,320
Starts
242
257
Rate-adjusted · per start
Carlos Sainz Daniel Ricciardo
Win rate
1.7%
3.1%
Podium rate
12%
12.5%
Pole rate
2.5%
1.2%
Points / start
5.2
5.1
Avg grid
P9.3
P10.0
Avg finish
P9.7
P10.2
Finish rate
83.5%
85.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Carlos Sainz Daniel Ricciardo
Overtakes
1,840
2,321
Overtakes / race
8.0
9.1
Places lost
1,742
2,023
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 Daniel Ricciardo
Mechanical retirements
17
24
Crash retirements
14
8
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 · 5
Milestones & racecraft
2015
Debut season
2011
2022 · aged 27
First win
2014 · aged 24
2022
First pole
2016
First title
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-0.2
Season points trajectory
2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Carlos Sainz Daniel Ricciardo
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Carlos Sainz Daniel Ricciardo
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 3 · P2 1 · 4 · P1
Marina Bay Street Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 3 · P1
Hungaroring 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Baku City Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 2 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P3
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P3
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P2
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P13
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Losail International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P12
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P14
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P10
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P9
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Carlos Sainz
TOR
MCL
FER
WIL
Toro Rosso 2015–2016Renault 2017Toro Rosso 2017Renault 2018McLaren 2019–2020Ferrari 2021–2024Williams 2025–2026
Daniel Ricciardo
TOR
RED
REN
MCL
HRT 2011Toro Rosso 2012–2013Red Bull 2014–2018Renault 2019–2020McLaren 2021–2022AlphaTauri 2023RB F1 Team 2024
20112026
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).