Tor✤o Rosso is celebrating after securing its biggest single-race ♐points' haul for more than six years after Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen both got the better of Red Bull in the Malaysian Grand Prix.

With Ver🃏stappen capturing the headlines by becoming the youngest person to score points in an F1 race at just 17 years-old in seventh, team-mate Sainz added to their joy by following up in eighth place having startedℱ down in 15th place.

A positive result from a lowly grid slot, Sainz was thrilled to score for a second race in a row,ꦗ not least because it would see him fi൩nish ahead of the Red Bull 'A' Team.

"It was a mega day for me, from where we were starting and to go up to eighth with such a tough s🌃trategy, I am veꦗry happy.

"We had some good battles out there, particularly with my team-mate," he said, referring to a late battle with Verstappen over seventh. "It was not so exciting as I knew I had to let him past as we were on completely different strategies. The team wanted to ha🐻ve both cars in front of Red Bull and the way to do that was to not get into a mess.

Notching up 10 points for its troubles, it is the beওst combined point🐓s' haul for Toro Rosso since the 2009 Australian Grand Prix, when Sebastien Buemi and Sebastien Bourdais scored identical results. Furthermore, with Toro Rosso comfortably out-performing Red Bull, Sainz says the results offers a big boost.

"It gives us huge confidence and motivation to keep up the g🐈ood work. The team is doing a great job an🅘d beating the Red Bulls is something amazing."