Carlos Sainz has his sight set on a podium finish in Formula 1’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix despite not making the progress he had hoped in the final session. Impressive... read more »
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Carlos Sainz
| Team | McLaren |
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| Country | Spain |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Points | 266 |
| Grands Prix entered | 101 |
| World Championships | N/A |
| Highest race finish | 3 (x1) |
| Highest grid position | 5 |
| Date of birth | 01/09/1994 |
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain |
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The Mexican finished the Q3 session 0.358 seconds off Verstappen, with Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Carlos Sainz all just pipping him.Perez heads into this season... read more »
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Although Red Bull had been predicted to resume its 2023 dominance after testing, Verstappen had not headlined any of the sessions leading up to the final stage of qualifying as... read more »
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen stormed to the first pole position of the season for the Bahrain Grand Prix, a 34th career pole for the Dutchman. The reigning champion was 0.228s... read more »
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Verstappen will start ahead of Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and George Russell (Mercedes) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars... read more »
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Reigning Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen claimed the first pole position of the 2024 season in Bahrain. The Red Bull driver beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by 0.228s,... read more »
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Carlos Sainz set the pace in final practice session as the true pecking order remains a mystery. read more »
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The final practice of the Bahrain Grand Prix saw Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz set the benchmark with a time of 1m30.824s to beat Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso and reigning... read more »
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Carlos Sainz made it three different drivers to top the three practice sessions at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz topped the leaderboard in the third and final practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix, leading Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso for a Spanish one-two.... read more »
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Carlos Sainz topped final practice from Fernando Alonso ahead of Friday qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »
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Carlos Sainz topped the times in the final practice hour for Ferrari ahead of tonight’s qualifying session for Formula 1’s 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver beat... read more »
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A flurry of final hot-laps interspersed among the final 10 minutes created a changing order after the Red Bulls moved to the top for a short spell, Max Verstappen capturing a... read more »
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Mercedes had a low-key test at Sakhir in terms of outright pace, but the Brackley team topped the times in FP2, with Lewis Hamilton ahead of George Russell.Carlos Sainz was... read more »
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Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz have been left ‘surprised’ by the early pace of rivals Mercedes after the first day of running in Bahrain. Pre-season testing... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton headed a Mercedes 1-2 in FP2 after topping the timesheets with a lap time of 1:30.374s. The seven-time champion sat two-tenths clear of Mercedes team-mate George... read more »
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Red Bull's RB20 showed some impressive pace throughout the three days at Sakhir, but the team spent much of its time focusing on shorter stints rather than proper race... read more »
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Spaniard Carlos Sainz said he had no hard feelings towards seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton over the Briton's impending move to Ferrari as his replacement. read more »
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This has in turn contributed to much-improved consistency over a stint, which was the key weakness that hampered the team in races in 2023.Leclerc and team-mate Carlos Sainz... read more »
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Carlos Sainz has outlined that his main target for the opening races of the 2024 Formula 1 season is to produce a stronger start than he has in recent campaigns. Ferrari had... read more »
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Ferrari Formula 1 boss Frederic Vasseur contends that the team isn't reliant on drivers to attract engineers amid Lewis Hamilton's highly-anticipated arrival in 2025.... read more »
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Ferrari Formula 1 boss Frederic Vasseur has refuted the notion that the team's line-up model is counter-productive when it comes to pursuing the Drivers'... read more »
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Sporting a bold, new design for its RB20, F1's dominant force Red Bull impressed at Sakhir with its consistently-rapid long runs.Ferrari also caught the eye with a much... read more »
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
7th of December 2025
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- Drivers list
- Sebastian Vettel
- Daniel Ricciardo
- Lewis Hamilton
- Nico Rosberg
- Fernando Alonso
- Kimi Raikkonen
- Romain Grosjean
- Pastor Maldonado
- Jenson Button
- Carlos Sainz Jr.
- Will Stevens
- Roberto Merhi
- Felipe Nasr
- Max Verstappen
- Kevin Magnussen
- Nico Hulkenberg
- Sergio Perez
- Adrian Sutil
- Esteban Gutierrez
- Jean-Eric Vergne
- Daniil Kvyat
- Felipe Massa
- Valtteri Bottas
- Jules Bianchi
- Max Chilton
- Kamui Kobayashi
- Marcus Ericsson
- Robert Kubica
- Michael Schumacher
- Paul di Resta
- Heikki Kovalainen
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Lando Norris | 423 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | 421 |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | 410 |
| 4 | George Russell | 319 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | 242 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | 156 |
| 7 | Kimi Antonelli | 150 |
| 8 | Alexander Albon | 73 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | 64 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | 56 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
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| 1 | McLaren | 833 |
| 2 | Mercedes | 469 |
| 3 | Red Bull Racing | 451 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 398 |
| 5 | Williams | 137 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 92 |
| 7 | Aston Martin | 89 |
| 8 | Haas F1 Team | 79 |
| 9 | Kick Sauber | 70 |
| 10 | Alpine | 22 |