Carlos Sainz Jr.

He finished the season 4th with 227 points.

Sainz also competed in the UK Formula Renault Winter Cup, finishing 6th in the first race and retiring from the second race at Snetterton.

Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro ((born 1 September 1994) is a Spanish racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He is the son of Carlos Sainz Sr., a double World Rally Champion.

In 2008, he won the Asia-Pacific KF3 title, as well as finishing runner-up in the Spanish Championship.

In 2009, he won the Junior Monaco Kart Cup, and was runner-up in the European KF3 Championship.

Sainz raced in Formula BMW Europe in 2010 with the EuroInternational team.

He was also part of the Red Bull Junior Team programme.

He made his Formula BMW debut during a guest drive in the Formula BMW Pacific series at Sepang, Malaysia where he was ineligible to score points as a guest driver.

However, he placed second in the opening race in Malaysia.

That debut was followed by a 4th place.

The following race day, he retired from the first race but won the second race.

He finished 7th in the following race.

He missed the next race in China but returned to Singapore.

He finished 6th in the first race and 2nd in the second race.

He missed the Japanese races but returned to win the season finale in Macau.

Overall, in 9 races he achieved 3 pole positions, 2 wins, and 2 fastest laps.

In Formula BMW Europe, he started his career with a podium position of 3rd and 6th place at the Circuit de Catalunya.

At Zandvoort, he took 5th and 2nd place.

At Valencia, he scored 7th and 10th place.

A weekend at Silverstone saw him take 3rd place and a victory in the following race, his first that season.

Hockenheim saw him take 11th and 6th place.

A 4th and a podium position of 3rd.

Robin Frijns was on a charge, scoring a podium position in every race but 3, two of which he finished in 4th.

A double retirement at Spa put him out of championship contention.

An 8th and 6th at the season finale at Monza followed.

In 2012, Sainz raced in the British and European Formula 3 championships for Carlin.

During the 2012 season, Sainz raced in both British and Euro Series Formula 3 championships.

Racing for Carlin, he won four races, finished nine times on the podium, as well as scoring a pole position in the British championship, finishing sixth overall in the final championship standings.

He scored two podiums and two pole positions in the Euro Series championship, finishing in ninth position overall.

In 2013, Sainz signed with Arden to compete in the GP3 series.

During the first qualifying session of the year, he qualified in 5th place, 5 tenths off of pole sitter Kevin Korjus.

He raced for DAMS in the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 season, winning the championship before moving to F1 with Toro Rosso.

Sainz joined Renault for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.

Sainz moved to McLaren for the 2019 season, while at the same time ending his contract with Red Bull Racing.

At the Sainz took his maiden Formula One podium finish with third.

Sainz moved to Ferrari at the end of the 2020 season.

At the 2022 British Grand Prix, Sainz took his maiden Formula One pole position and career win.

He achieved his second Formula One win at the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix, after starting on pole position for the fifth time in his career.

He is set to leave Ferrari at the end of 2024 as Lewis Hamilton joins the team.

Born in Madrid, Sainz began his career in karting.