Marko Hanželic
Because it is Racing Point last weekend at VN Sakhir with two racers on the podium on account also got a nice number of points, the team further increased the advantage in the fight for third place in the constructors' championship. Before the last race in Abu Dhabi is honey Racing Point in McLarn now ten points difference.
"It's important to have a smooth weekend," says the team boss McLaren Andreas Seidl before the final of the Formula 1 season difficult qualifications in the last races she didn’t exactly help the team to beat very fast Racing Point.
"We just have to make sure we're as successful as we used to be, because we haven't been able to get both cars to Q3 for three races in a row," he said. he said Seidl. "Together with the reliability, the capabilities of our drivers and the operational strength in terms of boxing stop strategy, we can hope to fight well in Abu Dhabi."
However, the team leader McLaren is aware that under normal circumstances it will be difficult to turn things around again Racing Point: “Well, I mean, as we’ve been saying all season, Racing Point is obviously faster than us. No matter, they have a faster package. ”
“When they have a problem-free weekend, it’s hard to fight them. But in the end, we managed to keep this fight until the end of the season because we have a competitive car, which is a big step forward compared to last year, ” further points out the German at McLarn.
