Carlos Sainz

Spanish · 2015–2026
VS

Yuki Tsunoda

Japanese · 2021–2025
Race H2H
91 22
113 shared
Qualifying H2H
90 19
109 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P5
Best championship
P12
Finished ahead in the standings: 5 · 0
2024 P5 2025 P9 2021 P5 2022 P5 2023 P7
Career totals
Carlos Sainz Yuki Tsunoda
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
0
Poles
6
0
Podiums
29
0
Fastest laps
4
1
Career points
1,263.5
108
Starts
242
114
Rate-adjusted · per start
Carlos Sainz Yuki Tsunoda
Win rate
1.7%
0%
Podium rate
12%
0%
Pole rate
2.5%
0%
Points / start
5.2
0.9
Avg grid
P9.3
P12.7
Avg finish
P9.7
P13.3
Finish rate
83.5%
86.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Carlos Sainz Yuki Tsunoda
Overtakes
1,840
981
Overtakes / race
8.0
9.1
Places lost
1,742
1,025
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 Yuki Tsunoda
Mechanical retirements
17
5
Crash retirements
14
4
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
2021
2022 · aged 27
First win
2022
First pole
First title
P1
Best finish
P4
-0.5
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Carlos Sainz Yuki Tsunoda
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Carlos Sainz Yuki Tsunoda
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Marina Bay Street Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P12
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P10
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P11
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P8
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P8
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P13
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10
Hungaroring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P12
Baku City Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P11
Losail International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P17
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P9
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P10
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P16
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P9
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P13
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P14
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P15
Team history
Carlos Sainz
TOR
MCL
FER
WIL
Toro Rosso 2015–2016Renault 2017Toro Rosso 2017Renault 2018McLaren 2019–2020Ferrari 2021–2024Williams 2025–2026
Yuki Tsunoda
ALP
RB
AlphaTauri 2021–2023RB F1 Team 2024–2025Red Bull 2025
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).