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Driver Profile / 🇪🇸 SAI / Williams

CarlosSainz

2026 Championship P16 6 pts · -261 to leader
Career races 245 Started
Race wins 4 1.6% rate
Pole positions 5 Last · MEX 24
Podiums 29 11.8% rate
DNFs 43 17.6% rate
Avg finish 8.0 Across 202 classified starts

Career arc 2019 to 2026

YearTeamRWPts
2015 Toro Rosso · P15 19 0 18
2016 Toro Rosso · P12 21 0 46
2017 Toro Rosso · P9 20 0 54
2018 Renault · P10 21 0 53
2019 McLaren · P6 21 0 96
2020 McLaren · P6 17 0 105
2021 Ferrari · P5 22 0 164
2022 Ferrari · P5 22 1 246
2023 Ferrari · P7 22 1 200
2024 Ferrari · P5 23 2 290
2025 Williams · P9 24 0 64
2026 Williams · P16 ★ 13 0 6

Head-to-head · Albon · 2026

Quali 10
2
Race 8
5
Pts 6
5

Sainz 8-5 Albon on race day · 2026

Best results

  • MEX 24 Win from P1 P1
  • AUS 24 Win from P2 P1
  • SGP 23 Win from P1 P1
  • GBR 22 Win from P1 P1
  • QAT 25 Podium from P7 P3

Hardest weekends

  • AUT 26 Retired · 23 laps DNF
  • USA 25 Retired · 5 laps DNF
  • AUT 25 Did not start · 0 laps DNF
  • BHR 25 Retired · 45 laps DNF
  • AUS 25 Retired · 0 laps DNF

Signature races

MEX 24

Win from P1 at Mexico City Grand Prix

71 laps · Finished

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AUS 24

Win from P2 at Australian Grand Prix

58 laps · Finished

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SGP 23

Win from P1 at Singapore Grand Prix

62 laps · Finished

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GBR 22

Win from P1 at British Grand Prix

52 laps · Finished

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