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Sainz: Singapore a "big opportunity" missed

Carlos Sainz says that Singapore represented a significant lost opportunity after the first lap collision with Nico Hulkenberg and a later power unit problem left him out of the points. Sainz had qualified an excellent sixth and was still running seventh in the aftermath the accident. However loose bodywork led to the FIA telling him to pit to remove it, and coming in as early as lap seven ruined his strategy. Later an MGU-K issue led to a loss of power, and he fell back to 14th. "It was a big opportunity," Sainz told Motorsport.com. "When you have such a good car, a good race weekend, when everything is going perfectly, to lose everything on the race day is a big pain for...
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