F1 Sprint by the Numbers

Who has won the most Sprints? Do Sprint winners also win Sunday's Grand Prix? If you've ever wondered, we'll explore the results of all 30 F1 Sprints held through the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix, Round 17, to see what the numbers reveal. Looking at season-by-season trends as well as all-time win totals makes comparing the two races even more interesting.

The Sprint Wins Leader Has 14: Drivers Ranked by Wins

Max Verstappen leads the all-time sprint wins list with 14. Lando Norris and George Russell follow with four each, while Oscar Piastri has three, underscoring Verstappen’s dominance in sprints.

Next is Valtteri Bottas with two wins. Sergio Perez, Lewis Hamilton, and Andrea Kimi Antonelli have one win each, bringing the total number of sprint winners to eight. Keep these names in mind and watch to see who adds another win in the next sprint.

Red Bull Leads the Teams; Four Teams Have Won Sprints

Red Bull leads the teams with 15 sprint wins, exactly half of the 30 races held. Mercedes and McLaren follow with seven wins each, while Ferrari has one.

However, the all-time standings do not necessarily reflect who was winning at a given time. Breaking down the results by season reveals a shift in sprint winners between the period through 2025 and 2026.

Red Bull Through 2025, Mercedes in 2026

There were 24 sprint races from 2021 through 2025. Red Bull won 14 of them, with Verstappen alone taking 13 victories—more than half of all sprints during that period. In 2025, the year Norris won the championship, the wins were spread across several teams: McLaren took three, Red Bull two, and Ferrari one.

Then, in 2026, F1 introduced major regulation changes to both car aerodynamics and power units, and the sprint results have shifted noticeably. In the six sprints through the Singapore Grand Prix, Mercedes won four, while McLaren and Red Bull won one each. Russell accounted for three of Mercedes’ wins and Antonelli for one.
Meanwhile, in the six Grand Prix races held on sprint weekends, Antonelli won three: China, Miami, and Canada. It is interesting that even within Mercedes, the pattern differed by race length: Russell racked up sprint wins, while Antonelli took three Grand Prix victories.

At the Singapore Grand Prix, Verstappen won both the sprint and the main race, completing his first sprint-and-Grand Prix double since the 2025 United States Grand Prix, Round 19. While Mercedes has the most sprint wins in 2026, Verstappen, the all-time leader in sprint wins, has added another victory to his tally.

Winning Both Saturday and Sunday Happens About One Time in Three

So how likely is a sprint winner to also win Sunday's Grand Prix, as Verstappen did in Singapore?

In the past 30 sprint weekends, the same driver has won both the sprint and the Grand Prix 11 times—about 37%. Different drivers won the two races on the other 19 weekends, showing that a double victory is harder to achieve than it might seem.

In the 2026 season, each of the first five sprint weekends through the Dutch Grand Prix had a different winner in the sprint and the Grand Prix. The Singapore Grand Prix was the first weekend when the same driver won both races.

Once you know the sprint result, you can follow the Grand Prix to see whether the same driver wins again or someone else takes the victory. That is part of the fun of a weekend with two races.

About three-quarters of sprint winners also reach the podium in the main race

The same driver wins both races about 37% of the time. But what if we look beyond wins to include top-three finishes in the main race?

Sprint winners have reached the podium in the main race 23 times in 30 races, including wins. That’s about 77%—more than three-quarters. Winning the sprint does not guarantee victory in the main race, but sprint winners do have a strong chance of finishing on the podium.

Who will win at Suzuka? Watch both races to find out

At the 2027 Japanese Grand Prix, fans can enjoy two races: Saturday’s sprint and Sunday’s main race. Will a driver add to their career win total, or will a new winner emerge? And will the sprint winner also make the podium in the main race?

Pick a driver to watch on Saturday, then follow their performance through Sunday. Enjoy the two races at Suzuka as one continuous experience.

*Figures cover all 30 sprint races through the 17th round of the 2026 season, the Singapore Grand Prix. The percentage of sprint winners who reached the podium in the main race includes those who won it. The sprint format has varied by year.