Sainz happy with P7: "Team reacted well after poor Friday"

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18:31, 27 Jul 2019

After qualifying in seventh for McLaren, Carlos Sainz Jr. praised his team for bouncing back after a frustrating day on Friday, in which both him and teammate Lando Norris were at the tail-end of the midfield cars.

Norris couldn't string together a good lap during Q1 and got knocked out in P16, but Sainz made it all the way to Q3, starting on the fourth row on the grid on Sunday.

"A very good feeling," Sainz told El Mundo Deportivo after qualifying.

"Especially after yesterday, where we suffered as a team with all the progress our opponents had made. Today, we reacted, we put a car on the track that was that bit better."

Coming off the back of Silverstone last time out, Sainz is confident his team is continuing to make strides forward.

"We've learned from last weekend, we've learned from the mistakes we made and today we did a 'qualy' that surpassed our own expectations. I'm very happy."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	68
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	41
9	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	34
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	16
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	13
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Sainz happy with P7: "Team reacted well after poor Friday"

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