Ferrari made an impressive🧔 start to F1’s new era at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, with Leclerc leading home Sainz in the team’s first one-two in three years, leading to the Italian outfit being tipped as early favourites for the world championship. 

The prospect of both Fer🍬rari drivers going for the title has raised questions over how it might affect the relationship between Leclerc and Sainz, who have started the season on equal status.🐲 

But Sainz reckons it🙈 is “a great problem” for Ferrari to have and sees little reason to be concerned about things turning ugly. 

"I think it’s something that between Charles☂, myself and the team, we will manage the same way that we were managing it in🧔 the past,” the Spaniard said. 

“Yes, the pressure will be higher, the stakes are higher with the wins but I think we are mature enough and we kn🦋ow what to do.” 

💖Leclerc also played down the prospect of tension brewing at Ferrari, insisting th🍎e pair have a “very good relationship”. 

“I don’t♐ think this will be a problem,” he added. “Of course when I put the helmet on I want to beat Carlos as much as he wants to beat me but on the other hand we are aware that this is a huge opportunity for all of us. 

“A crash this year would cost us even more than it would have cost us last year, 🦹but we’ve neveꦍr had any problems with it. 

“We’ve always given each other a lot of respect and we also have a very good relationship outside of the track which helps everything,🧸 so I don’t think it will be a problem.”

Asked if their relationship has changed at all, Leclerc said: “No it hasn’t changed. Whether it will or not long-term, I don’t think so. Let’s wait a🧸nd seꦡe but I really don’t think so.”