Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz have become quite good friends since the latter joined Ferrari last season. After successfully completing 3 days of pre-season testing in Bahrain, both drivers put their feet up and relaxed. Coming out of quite a few successful runs in the desert, Charles took to the Instagram Story to share a video of Sainz doing karaoke with his girlfriend.

The Monegasque driver praised the singing abilities of his team made and paid him a cheeky compliment. “@carlossainz55 You impress me more and more every day. What a Talent!” said Leclerc.

Both of them help the Italian team regain their form last season and finished 3rd in the constructor’s championship. But Leclerc mentioned it hurt him when Carlos beat him in the drivers’ championship last season.

Charles Leclerc admits he was ‘hurt’ after losing to Carlos Sainz

Carlos finished P5 in the championship and was 5.5 points ahead of his teammate. It was even more impressive as it was the first season for the Spanish driver in Ferrari.

Although Charles defeated Carlos 14 times in head-to-head battles in 2021, the Spanish driver was way too consistent throughout the season. The Ferrari driver admitted it hurt him after he finished behind his teammate in the last race of the season to take P7.

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“As soon as you finish behind your team-mate, whether it is in the championship or in one race, it always hurts. You always want to beat your team-mate,” said Leclerc.

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“At the same time, whether I am satisfied with last year’s season, yes I am. There are some opportunities that I lost, sometimes by not being lucky, some others because of myself just wanting too much and I am learning from it,” said the Ferrari driver.

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But there is a lot of expectation on Ferrari going into the first race of the 2022 next week. The Italian team impressed everyone with consistency and speed throughout the 6 days of testing in Barcelona and Bahrain.

So if they challenge for the championship this season, Leclerc would hope that he could get ahead of his teammate and challenge for the title. Let’s see who comes out on top between them in the 2022 season.