Carlos Sainz outqualified his highly-rated teammate Charles Leclerc for the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix in only his third race as a Ferrari driver but race day in Portimao turned out to be a big disappointment for the Spaniard through no fault of his own. In the wake of the weekend in Portugal, it is worth noting that last year's woeful Ferrari SF1000 did better than this year's offering from Maranello; at least last year, both Sebastian Vettel and Leclerc scored points with the latter finishing fourth. A year later he was sixth and his teammate, this time around, Sainz was out of the points. The reality check on Sunday was that Ferrari are not resurgent as the hype suggested after the...
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