Lando Norris vs Carlos Sainz

2020·

Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz finished level 8–8 on race day at McLaren in 2020. Lando Norris took qualifying 9–7. Carlos Sainz scored 105 points to 91.

Lando NorrisCarlos Sainz

9Qualifying7

16 shared races

8Race day8

16 shared races

91Points105

in shared races, as awarded at the time

89Points (today’s rules)104

in shared races, rescored 25-18-15…

Wins: 0/0
Podiums: 1/1
Poles: 0/0
Retirements: 1/2
Best finish: P3/P2
Avg. grid: 8.7/8.4

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Lando Norris	Carlos Sainz	Points
1	1Austrian Grand Prix	3/8	P3▲	P5	16 / 10
2	2Styrian Grand Prix	9/3	P5	P9	10 / 3
3	3Hungarian Grand Prix	8/9	P13▼	P9	0 / 2
4	4British Grand Prix	5/7	P5	P13▼	10 / 0
5	570th Anniversary Grand Prix	10/12	P9	P13▼	2 / 0
6	6Spanish Grand Prix	8/7	P10	P6	1 / 8
8	8Italian Grand Prix	6/3	P4	P2▲	12 / 18
9	9Tuscan Grand Prix	11/9	P6	Collision	8 / 0
10	10Russian Grand Prix	8/6	P15▼	Accident	0 / 0
11	11Eifel Grand Prix	8/10	Power Unit	P5	0 / 10
12	12Portuguese Grand Prix	8/7	P13▼	P6	0 / 8
13	13Emilia Romagna Grand Prix	9/10	P8	P7	4 / 6
14	14Turkish Grand Prix	14/15	P8	P5	5 / 10
15	15Bahrain Grand Prix	9/15	P4	P5	12 / 10
16	16Sakhir Grand Prix	19/8	P10	P4	1 / 12
17	17Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	4/6	P5	P6	10 / 8
	Average finish		P7.9	P6.8

How to read this table

The driver ahead in a round is shown in bold, the other in grey. Grid shows Lando Norris / 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.

Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz in other seasons

Other seasons in which Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz were teammates
Season	Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
2019	McLaren	Lando Norris vs Carlos Sainz	11–9	8–12	49–96

Lando Norris’s career Carlos Sainz’s career McLaren 2020 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 Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.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.