As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Charles Leclerc · Carlos Sainz
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.067s
Charles Leclerc faster by the median gap over 89 sessions
2021
−0.060s
22
2022
−0.062s
22
2023
−0.133s
22
2024
−0.008s
23
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
111
—
73
184 shared
Qualifying H2H
126
—
58
184 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P5
Finished ahead in the standings:
6 · 3
2024
P3
2025
P5
2018
P10
2019
P4
2020
P6
2021
P5
2022
P2
2023
P5
2026
P5
Teammate battle by season
14
8
2021
13
9
2022
12
10
2023
14
9
2024
Career totals
Charles Leclerc
Carlos Sainz
Championships
0
0
Wins
9
4
Poles
27
6
Podiums
54
29
Fastest laps
13
4
Career points
1,715
1,263.5
Starts
185
244
Rate-adjusted · per start
Charles Leclerc
Carlos Sainz
Win rate
4.9%
1.6%
Podium rate
29.2%
11.9%
Pole rate
14.6%
2.5%
Points / start
9.3
5.2
Avg grid
P6.2
P9.3
Avg finish
P7.4
P9.8
Finish rate
87.6%
83.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Charles Leclerc
Carlos Sainz
Overtakes
1,187
1,867
Overtakes / race
6.7
8.0
Places lost
1,209
1,768
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
Charles Leclerc
Carlos Sainz
Mechanical retirements
7
17
Crash retirements
10
14
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: 6 · 9
Milestones & racecraft
2018
Debut season
2015
2019 · aged 21
First win
2022 · aged 27
2019
First pole
2022
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
Charles Leclerc
Carlos Sainz
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Charles Leclerc | Carlos Sainz |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| LEC 1 · 4 · P1 1 · 1 · P1 SAI | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| LEC 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 2 · P2 SAI | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| LEC 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 1 · P1 SAI | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| LEC 1 · 5 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| LEC 1 · 5 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| LEC 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 3 · P2 SAI | ||
| Circuit of the Americas | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| LEC 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 2 · P2 SAI | ||
| Bahrain International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| LEC 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2 SAI | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| LEC 0 · 3 · P2 1 · 1 · P1 SAI | ||
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| LEC 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 2 · P1 SAI | ||
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| LEC 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 2 · P2 SAI | ||
| Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| LEC 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| LEC 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| LEC 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Miami International Autodrome | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| LEC 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| LEC 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2 SAI | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| LEC 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P3 SAI | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| LEC 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P5 SAI | ||
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| LEC 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Losail International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| LEC 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| LEC 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| LEC 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4 SAI | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| LEC 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| LEC 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5 SAI | ||
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| LEC 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5 SAI | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| LEC 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P5 SAI | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P15 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| LEC 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P5 SAI | ||
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| LEC 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P5 SAI | ||
| Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| LEC 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P6 SAI | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| LEC 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P5 SAI | ||
| Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · — |
| LEC 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · — SAI | ||
Team history
Charles Leclerc
Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso 2015–2016Renault 2017Toro Rosso 2017Renault 2018McLaren 2019–2020Ferrari 2021–2024Williams 2025–2026
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).