Alexander Albon vs Carlos Sainz: 2025 head to head

Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz over 24 rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 season. Albon qualified ahead 13–17 and finished ahead in 11 of the 21 races both completed, Sainz in 10. On race pace Albon was 0.197 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Albon 73, Sainz 63.

Season totals

 Alexander AlbonCarlos Sainz
Points7363
Qualified ahead1317
Finished ahead (both finished)1110
Quicker race pace1612
Average qualifying positionP12.5P11.1
Average grid positionP12.4P11.1
Average finishing positionP10.2P10.3
Places gained on lap 1+0.7+0.4
Places gained per race+2.2+0.5
Pace off the quickest of the race2.41%2.64%
Pace steadiness2.03%2.04%
Pit stops4342
Laps in dirty air31%30%
Finishes2623
Retirements47
Penalties44
Time penalties30 s25 s
Places lost to time penalties27
Points lost to time penalties08

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali ALB / SAISprint ALB / SAIRace ALB / SAIRace pace
1Australian Grand PrixP6 / P10—P5 / DNF—
2Chinese Grand PrixP10 / P15P11 / P17P7 / P10ALB −0.289 s
3Japanese Grand PrixP9 / P12—P9 / P14ALB −1.234 s
4Bahrain Grand PrixP15 / P8—P12 / DNFALB −0.142 s
5Saudi Arabian Grand PrixP11 / P6—P9 / P8ALB −0.247 s
6Miami Grand PrixP7 / P6P11 / DNFP5 / P9SAI −0.131 s
7Emilia Romagna Grand PrixP7 / P6—P5 / P8SAI −0.183 s
8Monaco Grand PrixP10 / P11—P9 / P10ALB −0.517 s
9Spanish Grand PrixP11 / P18—DNF / P14SAI −0.392 s
10Canadian Grand PrixP10 / P17—P20 / P10SAI −0.065 s
11Austrian Grand PrixP12 / P19—DNF / DNF—
12British Grand PrixP14 / P11—P8 / P12ALB −0.622 s
13Belgian Grand PrixP5 / P15P16 / P6P6 / P18ALB −0.404 s
14Hungarian Grand PrixP20 / P13—P15 / P14ALB −0.090 s
15Dutch Grand PrixP15 / P9—P5 / P13ALB −0.412 s
16Italian Grand PrixP14 / P13—P7 / P11ALB −0.465 s
17Azerbaijan Grand PrixP19 / P2—P13 / P3SAI −0.194 s
18Singapore Grand PrixP19 / P20—P14 / P10SAI −0.007 s
19United States Grand PrixP19 / P9P6 / P3P14 / DNFALB −0.561 s
20Mexico City Grand PrixP17 / P7—P12 / DNFSAI −0.938 s
21São Paulo Grand PrixP12 / P15P17 / P14P11 / P13SAI −0.098 s
22Las Vegas Grand PrixP16 / P3—DNF / P5SAI −0.730 s
23Qatar Grand PrixP15 / P7P10 / P8P11 / P3ALB −0.083 s
24Abu Dhabi Grand PrixP17 / P12—P16 / P13ALB −0.089 s

Races and sprints count. Race pace is the median of the clean laps — no first lap, no laps into or out of the pits, nothing behind a safety car.

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