Carlos Sainz
Spanish · 2015–2026
VS

Lando Norris
British · 2019–2026
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
21
17
Qualifyingahead
18
20
Carlos Sainz · Lando Norris
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.005s
Carlos Sainz faster by the median gap over 37 sessions
2019 −0.028s 20
2020 −0.005s 17
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
77 — 84
161 shared
Qualifying H2H
68 — 93
161 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
2
P5
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 4 · 4
2024 P2 2025 P1 2019 P6 2020 P6 2021 P5 2022 P5 2023 P6 2026 P5
Teammate battle by season
13
8
2019
8
9
2020
Career totals
Carlos Sainz Lando Norris
Championships
0
1
Wins
4
11
Poles
6
16
Podiums
29
46
Fastest laps
4
20
Career points
1,263.5
1,421
Starts
242
162
Rate-adjusted · per start
Carlos Sainz Lando Norris
Win rate
1.7%
6.8%
Podium rate
12%
28.4%
Pole rate
2.5%
9.9%
Points / start
5.2
8.8
Avg grid
P9.3
P6.5
Avg finish
P9.7
P7.4
Finish rate
83.5%
93.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Carlos Sainz Lando Norris
Overtakes
1,840
1,156
Overtakes / race
8.0
7.2
Places lost
1,742
1,096
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 Lando Norris
Mechanical retirements
17
4
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
2015
Debut season
2019
2022 · aged 27
First win
2024 · aged 24
2022
First pole
2021
—
First title
2025 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Carlos Sainz Lando Norris
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Carlos Sainz Lando Norris
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Marina Bay Street Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 3 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 3 · P1
Hungaroring 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 3 · P1
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 2 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P2
Losail International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Baku City Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P5
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · —
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P5
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · —
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Team history
Carlos Sainz
TOR
MCL
FER
WIL
Toro Rosso 2015–2016Renault 2017Toro Rosso 2017Renault 2018McLaren 2019–2020Ferrari 2021–2024Williams 2025–2026
Lando Norris
MCL
McLaren 2019–2026
20152026
Carlos Sainz → Lando Norris → Compare others
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).