McLaren Raci𒐪ng CEO 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 of the d🌌river merry-go-round caused by the announcement ofℱ Sebastian Vettel’s departure from the Italian team once his contract expires at the end of the year.

The 25-year-old Spaniard will partner Leclerc, who comprehensively outperformed Vet✤tel on his way to fourth spot in the championship last season, effectively forcing t🌞he four-time world champion out of Maranello.

While it has been suggested that Sainz will play something of a back-up role to Leclerc at Ferrari, Brown reckons his current driver pro⛦ve a tough to beat.

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

"I think he'll be reallꦓy good for the Ferrari mould. If they haꦐve 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-improved fourth-place in the constructors’🎐 championship.

A string of impressive disp𒀰lays from Sainz throughout the year included cl⛎aiming his maiden F1 podium in Brazil, which capped off a stellar first season at McLaren alongside rookie Lando Norris.

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

"But he really didn't ma❀ke any mistakes. If you look back I remember in Bahrain [in 2017] where h🔥e had that silly incident back in the Toro Rosso days coming out of the pits.

"You didn't see any of those rookie erro𝓀rs which you expect from a young dr🌄iver.

"Real maturity, a lot of pace - let's notღ forget he had a poꦬor start to the season, getting caught out in qualifying in Australia by [Robert] Kubica’s tyre blowout, 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 𝕴when 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.”