Kimi Antonelli vs Carlos Sainz: 2025 head to head

Kimi Antonelli and Carlos Sainz over 24 rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 season. Antonelli qualified ahead 15–9 and finished ahead in 11 of the 16 races both completed, Sainz in 5. In qualifying Antonelli was 0.086 s quicker on the median (0.11%). On race pace Antonelli was 0.434 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Antonelli 135, Sainz 63.

Season totals

Places and points: + gained, − lost. Time: − quicker, + slower. Green is in their favour, red against them.

 Kimi AntonelliCarlos Sainz
Points13563
Wins00
Podiums32
Poles00
Best finishP2P3
Finishes in the points139
Laps led110
Fastest laps30
Finishes2019
Retirements44
Disqualifications00
Qualified ahead (Grands Prix)159
Qualifying gap (median)−0.086 s
Finished ahead in Grands Prix (both finished)115
Qualified ahead (sprints)42
Finished ahead in sprints (both finished)32
Quicker race pace, lap against lap205
Race pace gap a lap−0.434 s
Average qualifying positionP8.6P11.0
Q3 appearances1611
Q1 exits34
Average grid positionP9.0P10.6
Average finishing positionP8.2P10.4
Places gained on lap 1+0.0+0.2
Places gained per race+0.4+0.3
Pace off the quickest of the race3.13%2.64%
Pace steadiness over the race1.54%2.04%
Pace steadiness within a stint0.42%0.45%
Pit stops4542
Laps in dirty air32%30%
Penalties64
Time penalties+35 s+25 s
Places to time penalties−13−7
Points to time penalties−14−8

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali ANT / SAISprint ANT / SAIRace ANT / SAIRace pace
1Australian Grand PrixP16 / P10—P4 / DNF—
2Chinese Grand PrixP8 / P15P7 / P17P6 / P10ANT −0.285 s
3Japanese Grand PrixP6 / P12—P6 / P14ANT −0.868 s
4Bahrain Grand PrixP4 / P8—P11 / DNFANT −0.115 s
5Saudi Arabian Grand PrixP5 / P6—P6 / P8ANT −0.535 s
6Miami Grand PrixP3 / P6P7 / DNFP6 / P9ANT −0.017 s
7Emilia Romagna Grand PrixP13 / P6—DNF / P8SAI −0.292 s
8Monaco Grand PrixP15 / P11—P18 / P10SAI −0.122 s
9Spanish Grand PrixP6 / P18—DNF / P14ANT −0.759 s
10Canadian Grand PrixP4 / P17—P3 / P10ANT −1.446 s
11Austrian Grand PrixP9 / P19—DNF / DNS—
12British Grand PrixP7 / P11—DNF / P12SAI −8.628 s
13Belgian Grand PrixP18 / P15P17 / P6P16 / P18SAI −0.005 s
14Hungarian Grand PrixP15 / P13—P10 / P14ANT −0.011 s
15Dutch Grand PrixP11 / P9—P16 / P13ANT −0.343 s
16Italian Grand PrixP7 / P13—P9 / P11ANT −0.027 s
17Azerbaijan Grand PrixP4 / P2—P4 / P3SAI −0.005 s
18Singapore Grand PrixP4 / P20—P5 / P10ANT −1.376 s
19United States Grand PrixP7 / P9P8 / P3P13 / DNFANT −0.857 s
20Mexico City Grand PrixP6 / P7—P6 / DNFANT −0.363 s
21São Paulo Grand PrixP2 / P15P2 / P14P2 / P13ANT −0.891 s
22Las Vegas Grand PrixP17 / P3—P3 / P5ANT −0.173 s
23Qatar Grand PrixP5 / P7P6 / P8P5 / P3ANT −0.108 s
24Abu Dhabi Grand PrixP14 / P12—P15 / P13ANT −0.221 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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