Being Charles Leclerc’s team mate is one of the worst jobs you can get in Formula One and when you add to that a car that, at the start of the season, didn’t handle to Carlos Sainz’ liking it’s easy to understand why the Spaniard struggled so much in the early part of the championship. That intelligence and strong will also helped Sainz understand, little by little, what the F1-75 required from him to be in the battle at the front and the win in Silverstone, the day after scoring an impressive pole position, vindicated his approach and gave him the extra confidence boost he needed.

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