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Sainz still believes: We deserve to be the underdogs this time

Sainz still believes: "We deserve to be the underdogs this time"

08-12-2020 15:33

GPblog.com

With one more race to go on the 2020 calendar and Racing Point’s huge point win in Sakhir still fresh in everyone’s memory, Mclaren now faces a huge task in the battle for third place in the constructors' standings. Carlos Sainz, one of the team's drivers, believes that Mclaren can still take the win as "underdogs."

With Racing Point's huge point scramble Sakhir, in the form of a P1 for Perez and a P3 for Stroll, the team is now third in the constructors' standings with a ten-point lead. Nevertheless, anything can still happen on Sakhir, and Sainz is confident that Mclaren can come out as underdogs and take the win. 

Sainz explains, quoted by F1i.com: "I think we deserve to be the underdogs this time ... We will give it a nice shot there towards the end, but honestly they look like the favourites."

Strong season Racing Point

Although the pink Mercedeses have had a strong season, they have not yet managed to gilded third place, something which also surprises Carlos Sainz of rival team Mclaren: "I think they've been quicker all year; I don't understand how they haven't sealed that P3 yet in the Constructors' championship."