Seidl encourages McLaren to "keep pushing into 2020"

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl has encouraged his whole team to keep their hard work up going into 2020 after an encouraging year in F1, as they sit fourth in the constructors' championship.

The driver partnership of Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris has been a positive one for the team, with the duo scoring 89 points between them so far.

McLaren haven't scored a race victory since Jenson Button's win at the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix and are still on the long road to recovery after a few years in the doldrums, struggling to score points.

This season has been better and Seidl said: "It's now up to us to ensure we carry that performance into the final races of the season. We are committed to pushing as hard as we can to maintain our position in the midfield, however our long-term goal is to keep pushing forward into 2020.

"So now our task is to balance these two objectives and maintain perspective of the bigger picture.

"Heading straight to Russia from Singapore poses a significant operational challenge, however the whole team is focused on the task at hand and performing to the best of our ability this weekend. We head to Russia with our objectives clear."