Carlos Sainz said he was surprised and pleased by how quickly he was able to compete with Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc in qualifying. Only three days of pre-season testing left Sainz with little time to adapt to his new Ferrari colleague and his 2021 challenger, the SF21. Just to make his task harder still heading into the opening race in Bahrain, Sainz was up against Leclerc on the other side of the garage who is known for his blistering one-lap pace, evidenced when the Monegasque driver put his Ferrari P4 on the grid. In Q2 though, Sainz actually finished fastest, a mere 0.001sec ahead of Leclerc in P2, so rightfully he was pleased to so quickly be up to speed against Leclerc. But...
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