Carlos Sainz
Driver of the Day record, 2016–2026
Carlos Sainz has won Driver of the Day 8 times, ranking #8 of 39 drivers. The first came at the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix and the latest at the 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz has polled in the fan vote's top five 44 times since 2019 and finished runner-up 4 times since 2018. The best published vote share is 40.35% at the 2022 French Grand Prix.
Season by Season
DOTD awards per season, and top-5 votes from 2019
Vote Share by Race
Every published share since 2018; filled dots are wins
Every Driver of the Day Award
| # | Season | Grand Prix | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2025 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | 28.57% | Max Verstappen | 10.12 pts |
| 7 | 2024 | Mexico City Grand Prix | 27.17% | Lando Norris | 14.89 pts |
| 6 | 2024 | Australian Grand Prix | 38.43% | Lando Norris | 26.87 pts |
| 5 | 2024 | Bahrain Grand Prix | 31.36% | Max Verstappen | 18.06 pts |
| 4 | 2023 | Singapore Grand Prix | 21.15% | Liam Lawson | 6.71 pts |
| 3 | 2023 | Italian Grand Prix | 31.48% | Sergio Perez | 16.64 pts |
| 2 | 2022 | French Grand Prix | 40.35% | Lewis Hamilton | 27.40 pts |
| 1 | 2021 | Turkish Grand Prix | 25.74% | Sergio Perez | 10.93 pts |
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Winners are published from 2016, the top three (whole percentages) from 2018 and the official top five from 2019, so runner-up counts start in 2018 and top-5 counts in 2019. Data: formula1.com via the open TracingInsights/DOTD dataset.