Franz Tost says Carlos Sainz 'can go toe-to-toe' with Charles Leclerc when everything fits, but the Monegasque holds an edge over his Ferrari teammate on pure pace according to the AlphaTauri team boss. Sainz underperformed Leclerc in the first part of the season, but gradually the 27-year-old has raised his game over the summer to perform on a par with the Monegasque on race day, the Spaniard also taking his maiden F1 win at Silverstone. But Leclerc's qualifying pace relative to his teammate in the first half of the season clearly validates Tost's claim. And the Austrian is well placed to assess Sainz's performance having overseen the latter's formative years in F1 with Toro Rosso....
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