Carlos Sainz

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Spanish248 Grand Prix starts
18th
Championship
7
Points
11 projected
—
Title chance
0% top three
0
Wins
0 podiums

Streaks & milestones

Going into the next race
+8
places gained in one race, the season's best
P17 → P9, round 2
1
more win for Sainz’s 5th career win
could come next race
1
more podium for Sainz’s 30th career podium
could come next race
4
more poles for Sainz’s 15th career pole
within reach this season
2
more starts for Sainz’s 250th career start
in 2 races

Season path

16 rounds
Model’s average miss 3.2 places · 9 finishes
PointsP1P5P10P15P20R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15R16
Started P13Finished P170 ptsModel called P16 before the weekend · 0% to win
FinishModel’s call×RetiredWin

Teammate duel

Sainz16 races togetherAlbon
12
Qualifying
3
2
Race · both finished
1
7
Points
5

Median qualifying gap 0.38% faster — about 0.34 s over a 90-second lap. Compared in the last session both reached, so Q3 laps never meet Q1 laps.

Driver DNA

One-lap pace vs teammate4th of 23
slower+0.26%faster

Average share of a lap gained or lost to the teammate in the same car, across practice and qualifying. The model's skill signal.

Racecraft16th of 23
loses-0.1 plgains

Places finished ahead of (or behind) where their race pace ranked them, per finish. Front-runners have little room to gain, so a leader rarely scores high here.

The record

This season · career
2026
16
Races
0
Wins
0
Podiums
4
Points finishes
7
Retirements
14.9→12.8
Grid → finish
+2.1 per race
Career
248
Starts
4
Wins
29
Podiums
11
Poles
0
Titles

Next race

Singapore Grand Prix
0%
To win
0%
Podium
P16
Expected finish
70%
Retirement risk
Full forecast →

Our read

Across the season the model has placed Sainz about 1.27 places too high on average — they finish behind where we put them. How the model is graded.

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