Sainz: McLaren have done the ‘unthinkable’
McLaren got both cars into Q3 in Bahrain, something which Carlos Sainz says is "unthinkable" after their 2018 form.
McLaren got both cars into Q3 in Bahrain, something which Carlos Sainz says is "unthinkable" after their 2018 form.
After just one race of the season gone, McLaren's Carlos Sainz is already on the way toward some engine penalties.
McLaren's Carlos Sainz has said that Haas are a cut above in the midfield battle, predicting their pace advantage to be "half a second" in qualifying.
Carlos Sainz is already on to his second MGU-K unit of the season after his MCL34 was fitted with a new one in Bahrain.
Carlos Sainz believes that in McLaren's MCL34 the team has a car that can push them up the grid, they just need to avoid a repeat of last year's development "trap".
Carlos Sainz claims that Renault have finally delivered the engine that it needed "two years ago", giving McLaren "something to fight with".
Carlos Sainz has defended his decision to quit Red Bull following claims from Christian Horner that Pierre Gasly has 'more potential'.
Pierre Gasly may not have had the Red Bull debut he dreamed of but Christian Horner still feels he has "more potential" than Carlos Sainz, the man he beat to the Red Bull seat.
Carlos Sainz said it was an MGU-K failure which caused him to retire from the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Carlos Sainz isn't worried about Helmut Marko's claims that McLaren are "at the back" of the pack, saying they "know where we are".
Rather than be put out by it, Carlos Sainz says he would welcome Fernando Alonso's input into McLaren's 2019 car.
Carlos Sainz may have set the fastest time of testing on Wednesday, however, the Spaniard is "very cautious" given that he expects more from the likes of Ferrari and Red Bull.
Carlos Sainz's 1:17.144 from Wednesday morning stood as the time to beat on Day Three in Spain as all the teams, except Ferrari, racked up the miles.
Aside from being behind Ferrari, Carlos Sainz says McLaren have no idea where they are in F1's pecking order as there are too many variables in testing.
Carlos Sainz says Formula 1 shouldn't be too quick to write off the new 2019 regulations, saying they could work.