As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Daniil Kvyat · Carlos Sainz
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.164s
Carlos Sainz faster by the median gap over 31 sessions
2016
+0.272s
17
2017
+0.023s
14
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
36
—
57
93 shared
Qualifying H2H
37
—
54
91 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P7
Best championship
P5
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 4
2015
P7
2016
P12
2017
P9
2019
P6
2020
P6
Teammate battle by season
3
14
2016
5
9
2017
Career totals
Daniil Kvyat
Carlos Sainz
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
4
Poles
0
6
Podiums
3
29
Fastest laps
1
4
Career points
202
1,263.5
Starts
112
244
Rate-adjusted · per start
Daniil Kvyat
Carlos Sainz
Win rate
0%
1.6%
Podium rate
2.7%
11.9%
Pole rate
0%
2.5%
Points / start
1.8
5.2
Avg grid
P12.0
P9.3
Avg finish
P12.2
P9.8
Finish rate
82.1%
83.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Daniil Kvyat
Carlos Sainz
Overtakes
1,095
1,867
Overtakes / race
10.0
8.0
Places lost
966
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
Daniil Kvyat
Carlos Sainz
Mechanical retirements
12
17
Crash retirements
6
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: 2 · 9
Milestones & racecraft
2014
Debut season
2015
—
First win
2022 · aged 27
—
First pole
2022
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P1
-0.1
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
Daniil Kvyat
Carlos Sainz
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Daniil Kvyat | Carlos Sainz |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 2 · P1 SAI | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 1 · P1 SAI | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P9 1 · 1 · P1 SAI | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 1 · P1 SAI | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2 SAI | ||
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 2 · P2 SAI | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KVY 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 2 · P2 SAI | ||
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 2 · P2 SAI | ||
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 2 · P2 SAI | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 2 · P3 SAI | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P2 SAI | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| KVY 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5 SAI | ||
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 SAI | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| KVY 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5 SAI | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P4 SAI | ||
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P5 SAI | ||
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P8 SAI | ||
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P14 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P5 SAI | ||
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P5 SAI | ||
| Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 0 · 0 · P19 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P19 0 · 0 · P6 SAI | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P15 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P5 SAI | ||
| Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · — |
| KVY 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · — SAI | ||
Team history
Daniil Kvyat
Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso 2015–2016Renault 2017Toro Rosso 2017Renault 2018McLaren 2019–2020Ferrari 2021–2024Williams 2025–2026
20142026
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).