Max Verstappen vs Carlos Sainz

2015·

Max Verstappen beat Carlos Sainz 11–8 at Toro Rosso in 2015, helped by 7 retirements for Carlos Sainz. Race-by-race qualifying, finishing and points record.

Max VerstappenCarlos Sainz

9Qualifying9

18 shared races

11Race day8

19 shared races

49Points18

in shared races, as awarded at the time

Wins: 0/0
Podiums: 0/0
Poles: 0/0
Retirements: 4/7
Best finish: P4/P7
Avg. grid: 11.4/11.9

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Max Verstappen	Carlos Sainz	Points
1	1Australian Grand Prix	11/7	Engine	P9	0 / 2
2	2Malaysian Grand Prix	6/15	P7	P8	6 / 4
3	3Chinese Grand Prix	13/14	P17▼	P13	0 / 0
4	4Bahrain Grand Prix	15/9	Electrical	Engine	0 / 0
5	5Spanish Grand Prix	6/5	P11	P9	0 / 2
6	6Monaco Grand Prix	9/—	Accident	P10	0 / 1
7	7Canadian Grand Prix	19/11	P15▼	P12	0 / 0
8	8Austrian Grand Prix	7/12	P8	Power loss	4 / 0
9	9British Grand Prix	13/8	Spun off	Electrical	0 / 0
10	10Hungarian Grand Prix	9/12	P4▲	Electrical	12 / 0
11	11Belgian Grand Prix	18/10	P8	Power Unit	4 / 0
12	12Italian Grand Prix	20/17	P12	P11	0 / 0
13	13Singapore Grand Prix	8/14	P8	P9	4 / 2
14	14Japanese Grand Prix	17/10	P9	P10	2 / 1
15	15Russian Grand Prix	9/20	P10	Brakes	1 / 0
16	16United States Grand Prix	8/20	P4▲	P7	12 / 6
17	17Mexican Grand Prix	8/11	P9	P13	2 / 0
18	18Brazilian Grand Prix	9/10	P9	Retired	2 / 0
19	19Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	11/10	P16▼	P11	0 / 0
	Average finish		P9.8	P10.2

How to read this table

The driver ahead in a round is shown in bold, the other in grey. Grid shows Max Verstappen / Carlos Sainz.
P1 a win,P3 a podium,DNF a retirement.
▲ a finish at least 4 places better than that driver’s own average finish this season (see the average row), ▼ at least 4places worse. Retirements are not counted in the average.

Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz in other seasons

Other seasons in which Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz were teammates
Season	Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
2016	Toro Rosso	Max Verstappen vs Carlos Sainz	3–1	2–2	13–4

Max Verstappen’s career Carlos Sainz’s career Toro Rosso 2015 season All teammate battles

How these numbers are calculated

Only races both drivers started are counted. Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.
Until the mid-1960s drivers could share a car during a race. Each driver is compared from the car they started (which sets their grid position), with the best result of any car they drove and the points from all of them, as officially credited.
Qualifying is compared on grid position rather than session times. Session-by-session qualifying data only exists from 1994, while grid position is recorded for over 99% of entries right back to 1950 — including every race of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
On race day the driver classified ahead takes the round. If neither was classified, the one who completed more laps is credited; if both retired on the same lap it is scored as a tie and excluded from the tally.
Points are those awarded at the time and include sprint races from 2021. Where the season used an older system, a second points row rescores every round under the current system so seasons from different eras can be compared.
These are points scored in the races both drivers started, not their season totals: races either missed, or contested alongside a different teammate, are left out. Up to 1990 even full-season totals differ from the championship standings, because only a driver’s best results counted towards the title. In 1988 Alain Prost outscored Ayrton Senna 105 to 94 and still lost the championship. Theseason page has the final standings.