Carlos Sainz

Spanish · 2015–2026
VS

Guanyu Zhou

Chinese · 2022–2024
Race H2H
54 13
67 shared
Qualifying H2H
62 4
66 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P5
Best championship
P18
Finished ahead in the standings: 3 · 0
2024 P5 2022 P5 2023 P7
Career totals
Carlos Sainz Guanyu Zhou
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
0
Poles
6
0
Podiums
29
0
Fastest laps
4
2
Career points
1,263.5
16
Starts
242
68
Rate-adjusted · per start
Carlos Sainz Guanyu Zhou
Win rate
1.7%
0%
Podium rate
12%
0%
Pole rate
2.5%
0%
Points / start
5.2
0.2
Avg grid
P9.3
P15.8
Avg finish
P9.7
P14.6
Finish rate
83.5%
85.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Carlos Sainz Guanyu Zhou
Overtakes
1,840
742
Overtakes / race
8.0
11.1
Places lost
1,742
647
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 Guanyu Zhou
Mechanical retirements
17
3
Crash retirements
14
3
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 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
2015
Debut season
2022
2022 · aged 27
First win
2022
First pole
First title
P1
Best finish
P8
-0.5
Avg places gained
+1.2
Season points trajectory
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Carlos Sainz Guanyu Zhou
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Carlos Sainz Guanyu Zhou
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Marina Bay Street Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P12
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P15
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P13
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P13
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P10
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P10
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P12
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P12
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P12
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P12
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P13
Hungaroring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P13
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P13
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P8
Baku City Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P14
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P14
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P11
Losail International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P8
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P13
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P9
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P14
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P16
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P15
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P16
Team history
Carlos Sainz
TOR
MCL
FER
WIL
Toro Rosso 2015–2016Renault 2017Toro Rosso 2017Renault 2018McLaren 2019–2020Ferrari 2021–2024Williams 2025–2026
Guanyu Zhou
ALF
Alfa Romeo 2022–2023Sauber 2024
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).