Norris sees Sainz as a mentor
Lando Norris says that Carlos Sainz has been like a mentor to him in the Briton's rookie season on the grid.
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The origins of ‘Smooth Operator’ Sainz
Carlos Sainz has explained how Sade's 1984 song Smooth Operator became a running joke for him in 2019.
Sainz: 2021 a chance for McLaren to return to top
Carlos Sainz believes that the 2021 regulation changes present a "great opportunity" for McLaren to return to the top of the grid.
Sainz ‘totally against’ adding more races
McLaren's Carlos Sainz has made it clear that he is "totally against" expanding the F1 calendar any further.
Palmer names his five best drivers of 2019
Ex-Formula 1 racer Jolyon Palmer has named his top five drivers for the 2019 season, and Lewis Hamilton is not first.
Sainz: It was like a World Championship for me
Lining up Nico Hulkenberg for a final lap pass in Abu Dhabi, Carlos Sainz reckoned if "it worked with" Sergio Perez, it would work with the German. It did.
Sainz: McLaren certainty unlocked confidence
Secure in the knowledge that he'll be a McLaren driver in 2020, Carlos Sainz felt confident to show his skills out on track on his way to P6 in the standings.
Sainz clinches P6 on last lap…TV cameras miss it
Carlos Sainz described his last-lap battle with Nico Hulkenberg to claim a vital point as feeling like a fight for the "World Championship" but is disappointed the cameras missed him once again.
Norris won McLaren battle with ‘decent’ lap
Lando Norris may have come from behind to win the McLaren qualifying battle but he insists it wasn't the "best lap" of his life.
Sainz applauds Norris’ attitude to Brazil podium
Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris relationship is the stuff of memes but also respect with the Spaniard hailing his team-mate's response to his Brazilian GP podium.
Raikkonen wants condensed weekends from 2020
Kimi Raikkonen reckons Formula 1 shouldn't wait until 2021 to introduce a condensed schedule as he feels Thursdays are a waste of time.
Thursday’s FIA press conference: Abu Dhabi part 2
Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz, Daniil Kvyat and Kimi Raikkonen faced the media in part 2 of the drivers' press conference in Abu Dhabi.
Sainz wants to stay at McLaren from 2021
Silly season in the driver market for 2021 is set to be the wildest yet, but Carlos Sainz has confirmed already that he plans to stay at McLaren.
McLaren team boss hails ‘engineer’ Sainz
Fresh from his maiden F1 podium, Andreas Seidl is still singing the praises of Carlos Sainz, saying his driver's feedback is "like he's an engineer".
Red Bull ‘still proud’ of Sainz despite 2019 split
Red Bull boss Christian Horner has said the team are "still proud" of Carlos Sainz and his achievements in the 2019 season.
Sainz: I’ll get better with time at McLaren
Carlos Sainz believes that a driver gets better the longer they spend with one team, and his situation at McLaren is no different.
The youngest F1 podiums: Brazil 2019 sets a new standard
At 22, 23 and 25, Max Verstappen, Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz made up the youngest ever podium when they finished in the top three at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Sainz hails ‘hungry’ McLaren’s ‘competitive spirit’
Carlos Sainz admits he was "very surprised" to see McLaren were "still firing and hungry for results" after a tough couple of years.
Rosberg: Sainz is third best driver in F1 right now
Nico Rosberg has put McLaren's Carlos Sainz within his top four best Formula 1 drivers based on form this season.
Sainz on 2020 Pirellis: I did not like what I tried
Carlos Sainz has urged Pirelli to rethink their tyres for the 2020 season, saying he would prefer if they keep the status quo as the 2019 tyres are better.
McLaren ‘never gave up’, first podium in 2,072 days
McLaren are celebrating the team's first podium result in 2,072 days after Carlos Sainz raced from 20th on the grid to third at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Hamilton drops to P7, Sainz retains first podium
Lewis Hamilton has been given a five-second penalty for causing a collision, promoting Carlos Sainz into his first-ever podium finish.
Sainz’s first Formula 1 podium confirmed
After a nervous wait, McLaren's Carlos Sainz has been confirmed as the P3 finisher in Brazil, giving him his first podium in F1.
The provisional Brazilian GP grid
Max Verstappen will start Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix from pole position, the second of his F1 career, while his former team-mate Carlos Sainz is P20.
Sainz has no answer for Brazil power loss
McLaren's Carlos Sainz says he has no idea what was behind his loss of power that eliminated him during Q1 at the Brazilian GP.
Sainz was doing doughnuts before he was three
Carlos Sainz has shared a video of him doing doughnuts in a motorised toy car as a child, saying he wasn't even three at the time.
Seidl did not walk into a broken McLaren team
McLaren team principal, Andreas Seidl, has said "the reality was much better" than he expected after officially joining the team in May 2019.
Sainz: Lap one is lap one, there’s always contact
Carlos Sainz chose not to complain about Alexander Albon's driving on the opening lap of the US GP as it was lap 1 and there is "always contact".
Sainz likes idea of aero limitations from 2021
While the proposal of limited aerodynamic regulations from 2021 isn't sitting well with many in F1, Carlos Sainz actually likes the idea.
Sainz backs plans to change Q2 tyre rule
Carlos Sainz has given his support to plans to change Q2 tyre rules, saying it is a "big limitation" for the teams sitting behind the top-three.