That’s what happened in every team he’s joined. But that teammate was quicker also thanks to the work that Sainz was doing. Even when you look at Leclerc, Leclerc wasn’t ahead of Sainz at Ferrari like a lot of people want to think. Villeneuve believes Sainz has become the cornerstone of the project. Lately, Sainz has shown that he was up there, but something always went wrong like at Zandvoort,” Villeneuve said.