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Sainz: I'm smiling but I wish I had a better engine

Toro Rosso rookie Carlos Sainz has admitted he is having to suffer with an under-powered engine during his first season in Formula 1, but at the same time cannot help smiling at the fact that he has made it into Formula 1. The young Spaniard is one of four drivers on the 2015 grid struggling with the unreliable and uncompetitive Renault ‘power unit'. Asked if he ‘likes' the French-made V6 in his Toro Rosso, Sainz admitted to the Spanish broadcaster Antena 3: 'No, I don't like it. 'I am always thinking ‘I wish I had a better engine'. But who knows, maybe by the end of the year it will be much better. 'On the other hand, I have been fortunate to have been given a very good...
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