Sainz proud of "hard-fought" P6 in Monaco

Carlos Sainz has expressed his delight at finished in the 'best of the rest' position in P6 at the Monaco Grand Prix, bringing home six crucial points in McLaren's fight to finish P4 in the Constructors' Championship.

McLaren now have 30 points, 13 more than their closest rivals Racing Point and Sainz was very pleased at his Monaco performance. 

Sainz pulled off one of the moves of the season when he swooped around the outside of Daniil Kvyat at Massanet on lap one and he said after the race: "I just put together the right pace when it counted before and after the pitstops.

"The team did a great job calling me in the moment when we needed to be called in.

"P6 sounds easy but it was actually hard-fought because of that move around the outside of Turn 3 and then pushing at the right time.

"I think I did the fastest lap [up to that point] coming out of the pits so we just showed really good pace when it mattered."