Driver · SAI

Carlos Sainz Jr.

Team

Williams

2026 teammate

Alexander Albon

Country

Spain

Born

1 Sept 1994 (31)

2026 standing

P15 · 6 pts

In F1 since

2015 (12 seasons)

World titles

Career poles

Contract

Williams through end of 2026 (two-year deal signed July 2024, with options to extend)

Est. net worth

$50M (Celebrity Net Worth, 2025 est.)

2026 salary (est.)

~$13M/year

Marital status

In a relationship (Rebecca Donaldson, since 2023)

2026 title odds

+5000

Net worth and salary figures are third-party estimates, not audited; treat as speculative.

Titles, poles, and salary sources: [1][2]

Next race outlook · Hungarian Grand Prix

Sainz partners Russell's teammate at Williams; Hungary's technical nature and downforce-focused setup should play to his racecraft strengths, though Williams' pace deficit may limit his competitive window for points scoring.

Speculative outlook, auto-refreshed each race weekend · updated 2026-07-19.

Career record (from race results)

242

Grands Prix

Wins

Poles

Podiums

1263.5

Points

Best grid

DNFs

Poles are career pole positions; other figures are from ingested race results. DNF = retired or not classified.

The road to F1

Carlos Sainz Jr. was born on 1 September 1994 in Madrid, Spain, the son of two-time World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz Sr. He began karting in 2006, winning the Asia-Pacific KF3 title in 2008 and the Junior Monaco Kart Cup in 2009, before joining the Red Bull Junior Team in 2010 and transitioning to single-seaters via Formula BMW and Formula Renault. He won the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC in 2011 and the Formula Renault 3.5 championship with DAMS in 2014, earning a Toro Rosso F1 seat for 2015 alongside Max Verstappen. After spells at Renault (2017-2018), McLaren (2019-2020), and Ferrari (2021-2024), he signed a two-year deal with Williams in July 2024 following Lewis Hamilton's move to Ferrari.

Profile sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6]

Answer

Carlos Sainz Jr. is a Spanish Formula 1 driver racing for Williams since 2025. Born 1 September 1994 in Madrid, he spent 2021-2024 at Ferrari before being replaced by Lewis Hamilton and moving to Williams as part of the team's rebuild under James Vowles. He is the son of two-time World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz Sr.

Background

Born 1 September 1994 in Madrid, Spain^[1]
Spanish
F1 debut: 2015 Australian Grand Prix, Toro Rosso
Father: Carlos Sainz Sr., two-time World Rally Champion and Dakar Rally winner

Career arc

Sainz spent his early F1 years at Toro Rosso (2015-2017), then Renault (2017-2018), then McLaren (2019-2020) before joining Ferrari in 2021. His four Ferrari seasons produced multiple race wins and a Drivers' Championship runner-up in 2022 alongside Leclerc^[1].

The 2025 season was the first of his Williams chapter. Williams under team principal James Vowles is rebuilding from a long competitive trough and signed Sainz as part of that project, paired with Alex Albon. The move was widely viewed as a long-term play: Sainz brings the experience and feedback skills of a multi-team veteran to a team aiming to climb the constructors' table^[2].

Driving style

The Ferrari-to-Williams story

Case study: Monaco 2026

Sainz has a Monaco history that includes podiums for Ferrari. The 2026 Monaco weekend with Williams machinery placed him in the second half of the expected qualifying order; a podium or win would have required a Williams competitive pace step from the early rounds, or a Monaco-specific result from strategy and safety car circumstances. See the Monaco 2026 strategy guide^[1].

Statistics

2026 team: Atlassian Williams Racing
2021-2024 team: Scuderia Ferrari
Multiple Grand Prix victories
2022 Drivers' Championship runner-up

Race results: every Grand Prix

202610 races · 0 wins · 0 podiums · 6 pts

Rd	Grand Prix	Grid	Finish	Pts
1	Australian GP	P21	P15	0
2	Chinese GP	P17	P9	2
3	Japanese GP	P16	P15	0
4	Miami GP	P13	P9	2
5	Canadian GP	P15	P9	2
6	Monaco GP	P12	P16	0
7	Barcelona GP	P16	P12	0
8	Austrian GP	P17	Retired	0
9	British GP	P14	P17	0
10	Belgian GP	P19	P16	0

202524 races · 0 wins · 2 podiums · 54 pts

Rd	Grand Prix	Grid	Finish	Pts
1	Australian GP	P10	Retired	0
2	Chinese GP	P15	P10	1
3	Japanese GP	P15	P14	0
4	Bahrain GP	P8	Retired	0
5	Saudi Arabian GP	P6	P8	4
6	Miami GP	P6	P9	2
7	Emilia Romagna GP	P6	P8	4
8	Monaco GP	P11	P10	1
9	Spanish GP	P17	P14	0
10	Canadian GP	P16	P10	1
11	Austrian GP	P19	Did not start	0
12	British GP	P9	P12	0
13	Belgian GP	P17	P18	0
14	Hungarian GP	P13	P14	0
15	Dutch GP	P9	P13	0
16	Italian GP	P13	P11	0
17	Azerbaijan GP	P2	P3	15
18	Singapore GP	P18	P10	1
19	United States GP	P9	Retired	0
20	Mexico City GP	P12	P17	0
21	São Paulo GP	P15	P13	0
22	Las Vegas GP	P3	P5	10
23	Qatar GP	P7	P3	15
24	Abu Dhabi GP	P12	P13	0

202423 races · 2 wins · 9 podiums · 262 pts

Rd	Grand Prix	Grid	Finish	Pts
1	Bahrain GP	P4	P3	15
3	Australian GP	P2	P1	25
4	Japanese GP	P4	P3	15
5	Chinese GP	P7	P5	10
6	Miami GP	P3	P5	10
7	Emilia Romagna GP	P4	P5	10
8	Monaco GP	P3	P3	15
9	Canadian GP	P12	Retired	0
10	Spanish GP	P6	P6	8
11	Austrian GP	P4	P3	15
12	British GP	P7	P5	11
13	Hungarian GP	P4	P6	8
14	Belgian GP	P7	P6	8
15	Dutch GP	P10	P5	10
16	Italian GP	P5	P4	12
17	Azerbaijan GP	P3	P18	0
18	Singapore GP	P10	P7	6
19	United States GP	P3	P2	18
20	Mexico City GP	P1	P1	25
21	São Paulo GP	P20	Retired	0
22	Las Vegas GP	P2	P3	15
23	Qatar GP	P7	P6	8
24	Abu Dhabi GP	P3	P2	18

202322 races · 1 wins · 3 podiums · 178 pts

Rd	Grand Prix	Grid	Finish	Pts
1	Bahrain GP	P4	P4	12
2	Saudi Arabian GP	P4	P6	8
3	Australian GP	P5	P12	0
4	Azerbaijan GP	P4	P5	10
5	Miami GP	P3	P5	10
6	Monaco GP	P4	P8	4
7	Spanish GP	P2	P5	10
8	Canadian GP	P11	P5	10
9	Austrian GP	P3	P6	8
10	British GP	P5	P10	1
11	Hungarian GP	P11	P8	4
12	Belgian GP	P4	Retired	0
13	Dutch GP	P6	P5	10
14	Italian GP	P1	P3	15
15	Singapore GP	P1	P1	25
16	Japanese GP	P6	P6	8
17	Qatar GP	P12	Did not start	0
18	United States GP	P4	P3	15
19	Mexico City GP	P2	P4	12
20	São Paulo GP	P7	P6	8
21	Las Vegas GP	P12	P6	8
22	Abu Dhabi GP	P16	P18	0

202222 races · 1 wins · 9 podiums · 228 pts

Rd	Grand Prix	Grid	Finish	Pts
1	Bahrain GP	P3	P2	18
2	Saudi Arabian GP	P3	P3	15
3	Australian GP	P9	Spun off	0
4	Emilia Romagna GP	P4	Collision	0
5	Miami GP	P2	P3	15
6	Spanish GP	P3	P4	12
7	Monaco GP	P2	P2	18
8	Azerbaijan GP	P4	Hydraulics	0
9	Canadian GP	P3	P2	19
10	British GP	P1	P1	25
11	Austrian GP	P3	Power Unit	0
12	French GP	P19	P5	11
13	Hungarian GP	P2	P4	12
14	Belgian GP	P1	P3	15
15	Dutch GP	P3	P8	4
16	Italian GP	P18	P4	12
17	Singapore GP	P4	P3	15
18	Japanese GP	P3	Accident	0
19	United States GP	P1	Collision damage	0
20	Mexico City GP	P5	P5	10
21	São Paulo GP	P7	P3	15
22	Abu Dhabi GP	P4	P4	12

202122 races · 0 wins · 4 podiums · 163.5 pts

Rd	Grand Prix	Grid	Finish	Pts
1	Bahrain GP	P8	P8	4
2	Emilia Romagna GP	P11	P5	10
3	Portuguese GP	P5	P11	0
4	Spanish GP	P6	P7	6
5	Monaco GP	P4	P2	18
6	Azerbaijan GP	P5	P8	4
7	French GP	P5	P11	0
8	Styrian GP	P12	P6	8
9	Austrian GP	P10	P5	10
10	British GP	P10	P6	8
11	Hungarian GP	P15	P3	15
12	Belgian GP	P11	P10	0.5
13	Dutch GP	P6	P7	6
14	Italian GP	P6	P6	8
15	Russian GP	P2	P3	15
16	Turkish GP	P19	P8	4
17	United States GP	P5	P7	6
18	Mexico City GP	P6	P6	8
19	São Paulo GP	P3	P6	8
20	Qatar GP	P5	P7	6
21	Saudi Arabian GP	P15	P8	4
22	Abu Dhabi GP	P5	P3	15

202017 races · 0 wins · 1 podiums · 105 pts

Rd	Grand Prix	Grid	Finish	Pts
1	Austrian GP	P8	P5	10
2	Styrian GP	P3	P9	3
3	Hungarian GP	P9	P9	2
4	British GP	P7	P13	0
5	70th Anniversary GP	P12	P13	0
6	Spanish GP	P7	P6	8
7	Belgian GP	P7	Exhaust	0
8	Italian GP	P3	P2	18
9	Tuscan GP	P9	Collision	0
10	Russian GP	P6	Accident	0
11	Eifel GP	P10	P5	10
12	Portuguese GP	P7	P6	8
13	Emilia Romagna GP	P10	P7	6
14	Turkish GP	P15	P5	10
15	Bahrain GP	P15	P5	10
16	Sakhir GP	P8	P4	12
17	Abu Dhabi GP	P6	P6	8

201921 races · 0 wins · 1 podiums · 96 pts

Rd	Grand Prix	Grid	Finish	Pts
1	Australian GP	P18	Engine	0
2	Bahrain GP	P7	Collision damage	0
3	Chinese GP	P14	P14	0
4	Azerbaijan GP	P9	P7	6
5	Spanish GP	P12	P8	4
6	Monaco GP	P9	P6	8
7	Canadian GP	P11	P11	0
8	French GP	P6	P6	8
9	Austrian GP	P19	P8	4
10	British GP	P13	P6	8
11	German GP	P7	P5	10
12	Hungarian GP	P8	P5	10
13	Belgian GP	P15	Power loss	0
14	Italian GP	P7	Wheel	0
15	Singapore GP	P7	P12	0
16	Russian GP	P5	P6	8
17	Japanese GP	P7	P5	10
18	Mexican GP	P7	P13	0
19	United States GP	P7	P8	4
20	Brazilian GP	P20	P3	15
21	Abu Dhabi GP	P8	P10	1

201821 races · 0 wins · 0 podiums · 53 pts

Rd	Grand Prix	Grid	Finish	Pts
1	Australian GP	P9	P10	1
2	Bahrain GP	P10	P11	0
3	Chinese GP	P9	P9	2
4	Azerbaijan GP	P9	P5	10
5	Spanish GP	P9	P7	6
6	Monaco GP	P8	P10	1
7	Canadian GP	P9	P8	4
8	French GP	P7	P8	4
9	Austrian GP	P9	P12	0
10	British GP	P16	Collision	0
11	German GP	P8	P12	0
12	Hungarian GP	P5	P9	2
13	Belgian GP	P14	P11	0
14	Italian GP	P7	P8	4
15	Singapore GP	P12	P8	4
16	Russian GP	P11	P17	0
17	Japanese GP	P13	P10	1
18	United States GP	P11	P7	6
19	Mexican GP	P8	Suspension	0
20	Brazilian GP	P15	P12	0
21	Abu Dhabi GP	P11	P6	8

201720 races · 0 wins · 0 podiums · 54 pts

Rd	Grand Prix	Grid	Finish	Pts
1	Australian GP	P8	P8	4
2	Chinese GP	P11	P7	6
3	Bahrain GP	P16	Collision	0
4	Russian GP	P14	P10	1
5	Spanish GP	P12	P7	6
6	Monaco GP	P6	P6	8
7	Canadian GP	P13	Collision	0
8	Azerbaijan GP	P15	P8	4
9	Austrian GP	P10	Engine	0
10	British GP	P13	Collision damage	0
11	Hungarian GP	P9	P7	6
12	Belgian GP	P13	P10	1
13	Italian GP	P15	P14	0
14	Singapore GP	P10	P4	12
15	Malaysian GP	P14	Engine	0
16	Japanese GP	P19	Accident	0
17	United States GP	P7	P7	6
18	Mexican GP	P8	Engine	0
19	Brazilian GP	P8	P11	0
20	Abu Dhabi GP	P12	Wheel	0

201621 races · 0 wins · 0 podiums · 46 pts

Rd	Grand Prix	Grid	Finish	Pts
1	Australian GP	P7	P9	2
2	Bahrain GP	P11	Retired	0
3	Chinese GP	P8	P9	2
4	Russian GP	P11	P12	0
5	Spanish GP	P8	P6	8
6	Monaco GP	P6	P8	4
7	Canadian GP	P20	P9	2
8	European GP	P18	Suspension	0
9	Austrian GP	P15	P8	4
10	British GP	P7	P8	4
11	Hungarian GP	P6	P8	4
12	German GP	P15	P14	0
13	Belgian GP	P14	Puncture	0
14	Italian GP	P15	P15	0
15	Singapore GP	P6	P14	0
16	Malaysian GP	P16	P11	0
17	Japanese GP	P14	P17	0
18	United States GP	P10	P6	8
19	Mexican GP	P10	P16	0
20	Brazilian GP	P15	P6	8
21	Abu Dhabi GP	P21	Collision damage	0

201519 races · 0 wins · 0 podiums · 18 pts

Rd	Grand Prix	Grid	Finish	Pts
1	Australian GP	P7	P9	2
2	Malaysian GP	P15	P8	4
3	Chinese GP	P14	P13	0
4	Bahrain GP	P9	Engine	0
5	Spanish GP	P5	P9	2
6	Monaco GP	-	P10	1
7	Canadian GP	P11	P12	0
8	Austrian GP	P12	Power loss	0
9	British GP	P8	Electrical	0
10	Hungarian GP	P12	Electrical	0
11	Belgian GP	P10	Power Unit	0
12	Italian GP	P17	P11	0
13	Singapore GP	P14	P9	2
14	Japanese GP	P10	P10	1
15	Russian GP	P20	Brakes	0
16	United States GP	P20	P7	6
17	Mexican GP	P11	P13	0
18	Brazilian GP	P10	Retired	0
19	Abu Dhabi GP	P10	P11	0

Results via the Jolpica-F1 (Ergast) historical results API; refreshed automatically after each race.

Other drivers

Sources

[1]Carlos Sainz Jr. (Wikipedia) (wikipedia-en). Accessed 2026-05-25.
[2]Carlos Sainz Jr.: F1 Driver for Williams (formula1). Accessed 2026-05-25.

Published 2026-05-25 · Updated Thu Jun 11 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)