McLaren Racing 𝓀CEO Zak Brown believes Carlos Sainz will win races at Ferrari and give Charles Leclerc “a run for his money” during the 2021 Formula 1 season.

Sainz is leaving McLaren to join Ferrari for 2021 as part o🐼f the driver merry-go-round caused by the announcement of Sebastian Vettel’s departure from the Italian team once his contract expires at the end of the yeꦗar.

The 25-year-old Spaniard will partner Leclerc, who comprehensively outperformed Vettel on his way to fourth spot in the championship last season, effectively forcing the four-time world champ🧔ion out of Maranello.

While it has been suggested that Sain🤡z will play something of a back-up role to Leclerc at Ferrari, Brown reckons his cur🐽rent driver prove a tough to beat.

"I think he's going to go really well at Ferrari, I think he's going to give Leclerc a run for his money,” ꦉBrown told Sky F1.

"I think he'll be really good for the Ferrari mould. If t🦩hey have a race-winning 🐈car I think Carlos is going to win races."

Sainz achieved a career-best finish of sixth place in the 2019 standings as he helped McLaren secure a vastly-impr꧒oved fourth-place in the constructors’ championship.

A string of impressive displays from Sainz throughout the year included𝔍 claiming his maiden F1 podium in Brazil, which capped off a ste💙llar first season at McLaren alongside rookie Lando Norris.

"He did a better job th𝔍an I even thought he was going to, and obviously we wouldn't have sign🐼ed him if we didn't think he was going to do a good job,” Brown explained.

"But he really didn't make any mistakes. If you look back I remember in Bahrainꩲ [in 2017] where he had that silly incident b❀ack in the Toro Rosso days coming out of the pits.

"You didn't see any of those rookie errors which y🎃ou expect from a young dri🌄ver.

"Real maturity, a lot 🐻of pace - let's not forget he had a poor start to the season, getting caught out in qualifying in Australia by [Robert] Kubica’s tyre bloꦿwout, so he didn't really start scoring points in the first couple of races.

"He worked really well with Lando. He's very fast, he's a team player, I never felt nervous when Lando and Carlos were round each other💦 in the track.

"Some of 📖the other teams you see the🃏 team mates get near each other, and they seem to have magnets.”