The Spaniard is like that post-festum on the podium for the winners, and at the same time they are first podium for McLaren after Australia 2014 Sainz he decided on a one-stop strategy, also because he had nothing to lose, and in the end it all worked out for him. first career podium.

McLaren he otherwise drove a great race as a team, as he is Lando Norris won eighth place, and with a nice number of points, the Oranges have already secured it fourth place in design scoring.
Following the official announcement of the winners and the announcement of the FIA, which confirmed the five-second penalty for Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz with the members of the team, however, he passed on to the winning stage and there also took the trophy for third place. He said: "It's a bit of a strange feeling that I wasn't at the official announcement, but I'm still very happy. Today was a remarkable race and the one stop tactic proved to be a hit in full. Congratulations to the whole team. "
