Sainz joined Ferrari for 2021 and linked up with Leclerc to help the team take third place in the constructors’ standings as it bounced back from its worst season in 40 years. Sainz ended the year fifth in the drivers’ championship, 5.5 points ahead of Leclerc, and scored four podiums across the course of the season. Leclerc only finished on the podium once, but picked up two pole positions. Both Sainz and Leclerc felt the had learned a lot from each other in their first year as teammates, but Sainz revealed he initially found it hard to believe how Leclerc was driving so quickly during pre-season testing. “Since the moment I arrived to wint …