Walking away from McLaren to join Ferrari, Carlos Sainz believes he’d be fighting for world championships had he not decided to join the Scuderia.

Sainz is in his 11th year in Formula 1, and has raced for half of the grid after starting at Toro Rosso, before moving to Renault, McLaren, Ferrari and more recently Williams.

Carlos Sainz: If I had stayed…

None of those moves, though, has put him in a position to win a World title. In fact, today he suggests one may have even cost him a shot at a maiden Drivers’ title.

Sainz spent two seasons racing for McLaren alongside Lando Norris, and claimed a podium result in both seasons on his way to sixth place in the Drivers’ standings.

And then Ferrari came calling.

Although Ferrari came up short in 2020, a season in which the team dropped off

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