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Toro Rosso technical director James Key believes that Max Verstappen's move to Red Bull has benefited Carlos Sainz.
Key said that Sainz is a more confident and relaxed driver since the Dutchman's departure, and is now fully able to show what he is capable of.
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"He has come on really well this year," Key told Autosport. "He is a really good guy to work with anyway, he always has been."
"People in the team have huge respect for what he has done, even though it has been slightly under the radar for reasons we know."
"But that reason has moved on now and that allowed him to perhaps be slightly less distracted by beating his team-mate and more on beating the other guys on track as best as he can."
"He has been very focused recently, he’s matured a lot this year and he’s gained a lot of confidence in himself, so his approach to race weekends is more relaxed."
"It is a bit more like a guy who has been doing it for a long time rather than a rookie who wants to prove himself. He’s come on a long way."
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Login to replyboudy
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Interesting article; It's actually bad news for Carlos. Performance seems to be dropping by STR. So if Kyvat and Sainz get closer does that mean that Kyvat improved or did Carlos lost performance.
RB is improving, STR seems to fall behind ever since the move from kyvat. RB driver lineup is working, STR's lineup falling short based on current results.
kajin
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Max goes to rbr and everything went better,and tr is leaving out of the subtop
calle.itw
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Should be noted that everyone else on the grid has come with a pretty constant flow of upgrades to both engine and chassis. TR can only really upgrade the latter, so its just natural for them to fall back, and I honestly expect them to fall even further back. In any case, I think Sainz' calm is more likely due to him outpacing Kvyat rather than Max leaving.