Carlos Sainz has achieved his sixth place this season the best ranking in the overall standings in his career, which he managed in the last lap of the last race when he overtook his former teammate at Renault, Nice Hülkenberg. Together with Land Norris, which is also having a very good inaugural season in F1, they also took fourth place for McLaren in the constructors' standings, which is the best orange ranking since 2012.
"We finished fourth in the constructors' standings, the first podium after a few years, and all of a sudden the move to McLaren seems like the right decision."
Carlos Sainz jr.
“When I signed for McLaren, I had good feelings, even though it didn’t look overly promising after the end of last season. But already during the conversations with the team members and Zak Brown, I felt a positive vibration and realized that if we work together in this spirit, it is only a matter of time before the curve turns upwards, " is about signing a contract for McLaren said Sainz.
Pri McLarn they have considerably overhauled the organization and composition of the team this year as they have been hired James Key as Technical Director and Andreas Seidl as team boss, and they joined McLarn as well Piers Thynne, Andrea Stella in Paul James. An important contribution to the results was also made by the new wind tunnel, at McLarn however, they are already preparing for the new season, the last with Renault powertrains, as they have already signed a contract with Mercedes.