Max Verstappen vs Carlos Sainz

Team-mates 2015 to 2016. Compare with someone else

Race by race as team-mates

Max Verstappen Carlos Sainz neither classified. Top row: race, 12–9. Bottom row: qualifying or grid, 13–10. Hover or tap a tile for the race.

2015

2016

Career totals

Max Verstappen		Carlos Sainz
12	Seasons	12
250	Starts	246
73	Wins	4
29.2	Win rate %	1.6
53	Poles	5
136	Podiums	29
54.4	Podium rate %	11.8
39	Fastest laps	4
3,665.5	Points	1,343.5
14.66	Points per start	5.46
30	Retirements	36
4	World titles	0
1	Best championship	5

As team-mates: 23 races

Max Verstappen		Carlos Sainz
12	Finished ahead	9
12	Started ahead (grid)	10
0	Wins	0
0	Podiums	0
62	Points	22

Season by season as team-mates

Season	Races	Race head-to-head	Grid head-to-head	Points
2015	19	10–7	9–9	49–18
2016	4	2–2	3–1	13–4

Head-to-head counts races both drivers started for the same team. A driver who finished ahead of a retired team-mate counts as ahead. Grid head-to-head uses the starting grid, so penalties are included.

All shared races: 246

Across every race both drivers started, for any team: Max Verstappen finished ahead 191 times, Carlos Sainz 46 times. Grid: 198–45. Wins in those races: 71–4. Points: 3,436.5–1,264.5.

After the same number of starts

Starts	Max Verstappen wins	Carlos Sainz wins	Max Verstappen podiums	Carlos Sainz podiums	Max Verstappen points	Carlos Sainz points
10	0	0	0	0	22	9
25	1	0	1	0	87	34
50	1	0	8	0	310	93
75	4	0	17	0	569	156
100	7	0	29	0	905	251
150	26	1	67	12	1,717.5	657.5
200	61	3	108	23	2,784.5	1,119.5
250	73	–	136	–	3,502.5	–

Points are under the system of each era, so they compare drivers of the same era best.

Career curves: after the same number of starts

Cumulative wins and podiums after the same number of race starts. Hover or tap for a point in each career.