A new Ferrari line-up is always exciting isn’t it, as we imagine how the latest name to have the finger of Formula 1 destiny pointed at them by the Scuderia will look in their new rosso corsa overalls in the SF21 car.
Until recent times, driver changes at Ferrari were also relatively rare, with the team having tended towards keeping a pairing together for four-to-six seasons (think Schumacher/Barrichello, Alonso/Massa, Vettel/Raikkonen) before either they, or the drivers, opted for a change.
Carlos Sainz – Charles Leclerc line-up is be the third in four seasons for Scuderia Ferrari – with the fractious Sebastian Vettel – Charles Leclerc dynamic having effectively only lasted one season before the Maranello team decided it was time for a change. Typically for one of the most highly esteemed teams in Formula 1, Ferrari’s driver line-ups haven’t tended to include many young gunslingers at the dawn of their careers – with Charles Leclerc’s promotion to replace Kimi Raikkonen, after just one season of F1, one of the very rare exceptions.
And while 2021 is Carlos Sainz’s seventh season in the sport, the Charles Leclerc- Carlos Sainz pairing will nonetheless be the youngest full-season line-up ever assembled by Ferrari, with Carlos 26 and Charles just 23, for a combined age of 49. And the two drivers seem to have formed a good relationship, which will hopefully prove efficient for Ferrari on track.
In a recent interview, Carlos Sainz was asked about his new Ferrari teammate: “What I like about Charles? He is very artistic, he plays padel and has many interests. We will play padel together [in the future]!”
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