The third consecutive race outside the points left Carlos Sainz with a bitterness similar to that of the beginning of the World Cup, where he also linked three tests without being able to add. The impact with Nico Hulkenberg in the first round of the Singapore GP relegated the McLaren leader to the bottom of the grid, from where he fought hard to finish twelfth. "I have continued to fight because I wanted to try," the Spaniard revealed, always indomitable to an adverse destiny.

"Maybe Nico has been a bit optimistic when he saw me open to attack Albon," Carlos analyzed in Movistar F1, shortly after receiving the apologies from the Renault driver. Damage to the MCL-34, which lost 20 points in the aerodynamic package, conditioned its two hours of effort at Marina Bay.

At least, Sainz again showed his ambition in the final leg of the race, when he overtook Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) and Kevin Magnussen (Haas). "I had fun fights, but today we didn't have to be there, but ahead. Today we had a car to finish seventh," said the Madrid, who gave up almost "half a second per lap" after the infamous touch with Hulkenberg.

Albon's threat

Woking engineers had opted to keep their car on the winding urban road, waiting to recover land thanks to safety cars . A very ungrateful task that Carlos did his best. "A shame not to have reached the points," finished seventh place in the World Cup.

His 58 points in the table are still a good mattress compared to Albon, who has gained weight in his locker (42) in his two races at the controls of the Red Bull.

At least McLaren can maintain its advantage over Renault thanks to the seventh place of Lando Norris. With six appointments ahead, the team of Zak Brown and Andreas Seidl retains the fifth place in the Constructors' World Cup, with 22 points more than the French team (89-67).

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