Carlos Sainz Jr.
Spanish racing driver
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| 2025 | Started eighth in Bahrain, engaged in close racing with Yuki Tsunoda and Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Sustained race-ending sidepod damage and received a penalty for forcing Antonelli off-track. |
| 2025 | Sainz finished outside of the points at a race, having received a grid penalty for impeding Hamilton in qualifying and a fine for missing the national anthem due to illness. |
| 2025 | Competed in the Chinese Grand Prix, finishing seventeenth in the sprint race and tenth in the main race, benefiting from disqualifications of Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton, and Pierre Gasly. |
| 2025 | Sainz crashed on the first lap of a rain-affected race under safety car conditions. |
| 2025 | Sainz finished 17th in a sprint race, followed by a feature race where he initially finished 13th on track but was later promoted to 10th after Pierre Gasly's disqualification, marking his first points with Williams. |
| 2025 | Carlos Sainz Jr. begins racing with Williams Formula One team, marking a new chapter in his Formula One career after leaving Ferrari. |
| 2025 | Confirmed to join Williams Racing for the future season. |
| February 2025 | Appointed as a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), replacing Sebastian Vettel who retired from Formula One at the end of 2022. In this role, Sainz will relay paddock concerns about safety, racing quality, and the junior driver pipeline. |
| 2024 | Competed with Scuderia Ferrari, winning 2 races, securing 1 pole position, and finishing 5th in the championship. |
| 2024 | Carlos Sainz Jr. began the 2024 Formula One season by qualifying fourth and finishing on the podium in third place. |
| 2024 | Sainz finished sixth at his home Grand Prix in Spain but bounced back to finish third at the Austrian Grand Prix. |
| 2024 | At the season-ending race, Sainz secured a podium finish, concluding the season in fifth place in the championship with a career-best total of 290 points. |
| 2024 | After recovering from surgery, Sainz returned to compete in the next race, qualifying second and winning the race after Max Verstappen's retirement, marking his third Formula One race victory. |
| 2024 | Sainz finished third at the following race after passing teammate Charles Leclerc. |
| 2024 | At the Monaco Grand Prix, Sainz secured his fourth podium of the season by finishing third. |
| 2024 | Sainz retired from the Canadian Grand Prix after spinning into Alex Albon. |
| 2024 | Sainz scored a second-place finish at one race and won another from pole position, before crashing out at a rain-affected event. |
| 2024 | Sainz's next three races resulted in 5th place at the British Grand Prix, 6th place at the Hungarian Grand Prix, and 6th at the Belgian Grand Prix. |
| 2024 | Carlos Sainz Jr. is due to leave Ferrari after the 2024 season, with Lewis Hamilton set to replace him. |
| 2024 | During the weekend of the 2024 season opener, Sainz fell ill with appendicitis and had to undergo surgery, missing the rest of the event. |
| 2024 | Continuing his Formula One career with Scuderia Ferrari. |
| 2024 | Sainz began the 2024 season by qualifying fourth and finishing third on the podium, ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc. |
| 2024 | Finished sixth at his home Grand Prix. |
| 2024 | Finished third at a Grand Prix and sixth in Qatar. |
| 2024 | Won races at Australia and Mexico City |
| July 29 2024 | Williams announced that Carlos Sainz Jr. will be joining the team for the 2025 season on a two-year deal with an option to extend, partnering with Alex Albon. |
| 2023 | Carlos Sainz Jr. started dating Scottish model Rebecca Donaldson after his previous relationship ended. |
| 2023 | Sainz finished fourth in another race but was penalised and demoted to twelfth place for making contact with Fernando Alonso. |
| 2023 | He finished sixth in the Las Vegas race after qualifying second, impacted by a ten-place grid penalty. |
| 2023 | He finished fourth in a sprint race but retired from the main race due to damage from a first-lap collision. |
| 2023 | Starting from fifth, Sainz dropped to tenth after pit stops prior to a safety car period. |
| 2023 | At the Spanish Grand Prix, Sainz qualified second but finished fifth, citing tyre degradation as a weakness. |
| 2023 | Sainz crashed in practice at the season-ending race and finished sixteenth in qualifying, leading to Ferrari retiring his car in the pits. |
| 2023 | Sainz was penalised for impeding Pierre Gasly in qualifying, starting from eleventh but finishing fifth in the race. |
| 2023 | He took pole position again, converting it into his second Formula One victory, ending Red Bull's streak of wins. |
| 2023 | Following the last race, Sainz dropped from fourth to seventh in the Drivers' Championship with a total of 200 points. |
| 2023 | Carlos Sainz began the 2023 Formula One season by qualifying and finishing fourth in the initial race. |
| 2023 | Sainz achieved his first pole position of the year at a race, finishing third afterward, marking his first podium of the season. |
| 2023 | After initially qualifying third in a race, Sainz finished fifth. |
| 2023 | At the inaugural race in Las Vegas, Sainz hit a loose manhole cover in practice, causing session delays. |
| 2023 | Carlos Sainz Jr. was robbed of his watch in Milan, but he successfully ran after and captured his assailant. |
| 2023 | Sainz crashed in practice, qualified eleventh, and finished eighth in another race. |
| 2023 | Sainz finished fourth in a race but was promoted to the podium following Lewis Hamilton's disqualification. |
| 2023 | Carlos Sainz Jr. continued to compete with Ferrari in the Formula One championship, contributing to the team's performance during the season. |
| 2023 | Sainz crashed in practice and spun during the race, finishing eighth after starting fourth. |
| 2023 | Won races in Australia and Mexico City. |
| 2023 | Took his maiden pole position and first win at the Italian Grand Prix |
| September 2023 | Won the Singapore Grand Prix |
| June 2023 | Carlos Sainz Jr. opened Boogie Burger, a hamburger restaurant in Madrid, which he started together with a group of friends. |
| 2022 | Sainz finished fifth in the Drivers' Championship, matching his 2021 position, and scored 246 points. |
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