McLaren aiming to beat Pierre Gasly in F1 world championship says Seidl

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09:20, 07 Aug 2019

Andreas Seidl has set a clear goal for his McLaren team when Formula 1 racing returns after the summer break. He would like McLaren to beat Pierre Gasly in the F1 world championship at the end of the season.

Following on from the Hungarian Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz is now just five points behind the Red Bull driver and has outscored him over the last four races. McLaren is now comfortably the leaders of the midfield battle but boss Seidl continues to push the whole team.

"The only drivers [Sainz] can still overtake is Gasly and we are going to try to make that happen," he tells the Spanish newspaper AS.

"Even though the Red Bull is a lot faster than our car, we won't stop trying it. But it will be difficult. We are very happy with our drivers, that's why we committed them so early for 2020."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	131
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	88
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	72
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	58
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	48
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	43
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	20
9	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	16
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	15
12	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	14
13	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
14	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	5
15	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	1
17	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	1
18	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0

McLaren aiming to beat Pierre Gasly in F1 world championship says Seidl

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