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Sainz no stranger to replacing champions

Carlos Sainz concedes it will be a 'challenge' succeeding Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari but he showed he can do it last year when he replaced Fernando Alonso. Sainz joined McLaren at the start of the 2019 season, replacing double World Champion Alonso. The Spaniard succeeded in doing what Alonso could not, putting McLaren on the podium for the first time in five years. 'It's going to be very difficult to succeed Seb but at the same time I was in McLaren succeeding Fernando Alonso, a two-time World Champion with a lot of experience also,' he told AFP. 'And I could do the job so at least the confidence is high.' Next year it will be Vettel who he is replacing. Ferrari announced back in May...
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