Carlos Sainz is emerging as the surprise of the 2021 Formula 1 season as he helps steady the ship on choppy waters at Ferrari, after a few volatile years on the driver front at Maranello. In a nutshell, the Spaniard was deemed unwanted by Red Bull, marked time at Renault, energised McLaren before Ferrari came knocking and he is now in the best team in the sport's history. However, times are not as good as can be at Maranello, a woeful car, relative to the pace-setters, have not helped Sainz nor his teammate Charles Leclerc. Nevertheless, Sainz has fast ingratiated himself with the team and their engineers. No easy task for a new driver to arrive at a team ‘belonging' to a much-loved...
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