Carlos Sainz

Spanish · 2015–2026
VS

George Russell

British · 2019–2026
Race H2H
92 69
161 shared
Qualifying H2H
93 65
158 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
1
P5
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 5 · 3
2024 P5 2025 P4 2019 P6 2020 P6 2021 P5 2022 P4 2023 P7 2026 P2
Career totals
Carlos Sainz George Russell
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
7
Poles
6
12
Podiums
29
29
Fastest laps
4
11
Career points
1,263.5
1,081
Starts
242
162
Rate-adjusted · per start
Carlos Sainz George Russell
Win rate
1.7%
4.3%
Podium rate
12%
17.9%
Pole rate
2.5%
7.4%
Points / start
5.2
6.7
Avg grid
P9.3
P8.8
Avg finish
P9.7
P9.4
Finish rate
83.5%
88.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Carlos Sainz George Russell
Overtakes
1,840
1,169
Overtakes / race
8.0
7.3
Places lost
1,742
1,067
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 George Russell
Mechanical retirements
17
5
Crash retirements
14
7
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
2019
2022 · aged 27
First win
2022 · aged 24
2022
First pole
2022
First title
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Carlos Sainz George Russell
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Carlos Sainz George Russell
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 2 · P1
Marina Bay Street Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 2 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Baku City Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Hungaroring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 2 · P3
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P2
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P2
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Losail International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P15
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P14
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · —
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P11
Team history
Carlos Sainz
TOR
MCL
FER
WIL
Toro Rosso 2015–2016Renault 2017Toro Rosso 2017Renault 2018McLaren 2019–2020Ferrari 2021–2024Williams 2025–2026
George Russell
WIL
MER
Williams 2019Mercedes 2020Williams 2020–2021Mercedes 2022–2026
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).