Carlos Sainz
Spanish · 2015–2026
VS

Nico Hülkenberg
German · 2010–2026
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
13
12
Qualifyingahead
11
14
Carlos Sainz · Nico Hülkenberg
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.132s
Nico Hülkenberg faster by the median gap over 25 sessions
2017 +0.215s 4
2018 +0.132s 21
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
113 — 73
186 shared
Qualifying H2H
102 — 82
184 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P5
Best championship
P7
Finished ahead in the standings: 8 · 3
2024 P5 2025 P9 2015 P10 2016 P9 2017 P9 2018 P7 2019 P6 2020 P6 2022 P5 2023 P7 2026 P15
Teammate battle by season
2
2
2017
11
10
2018
Career totals
Carlos Sainz Nico Hülkenberg
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
0
Poles
6
1
Podiums
29
1
Fastest laps
4
2
Career points
1,263.5
614
Starts
242
264
Rate-adjusted · per start
Carlos Sainz Nico Hülkenberg
Win rate
1.7%
0%
Podium rate
12%
0.4%
Pole rate
2.5%
0.4%
Points / start
5.2
2.3
Avg grid
P9.3
P11.2
Avg finish
P9.7
P12.1
Finish rate
83.5%
84.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Carlos Sainz Nico Hülkenberg
Overtakes
1,840
2,326
Overtakes / race
8.0
9.4
Places lost
1,742
2,304
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 Nico Hülkenberg
Mechanical retirements
17
16
Crash retirements
14
18
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 · 8
Milestones & racecraft
2015
Debut season
2010
2022 · aged 27
First win
—
2022
First pole
2010
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P3
-0.5
Avg places gained
-1.0
Season points trajectory
2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026
Carlos Sainz Nico Hülkenberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Carlos Sainz Nico Hülkenberg
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Marina Bay Street Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Hungaroring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Baku City Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P9
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P8
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P11
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10
Losail International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P16
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P5
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P6
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P5
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P8
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P8
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P17
Team history
Carlos Sainz
FER
Toro Rosso 2015–2016Renault 2017Toro Rosso 2017Renault 2018McLaren 2019–2020Ferrari 2021–2024Williams 2025–2026
Nico Hülkenberg
FOR
REN
Williams 2010Force India 2012Sauber 2013Force India 2014–2016Renault 2017–2019Racing Point 2020Aston Martin 2022Haas F1 Team 2023–2024Sauber 2025Audi 2026
20102026
Carlos Sainz → Nico Hülkenberg → 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).