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Carlos Sainz: Q3 lap 'most stressful of my life'

Carlos Sainz has described his Q3 qualifying lap 'the most stressful' of his life as he went on to secure eighth on the grid for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix. The Spaniard outqualified his Renault team-mate Nico Hulkenberg for the second race in a row as the German failed to escape Q2 in P11. Sainz's best lap, a 1:12.130, was just 0.020 shy of Fernando Alonso in seventh and a tenth shy of Force India's Esteban Ocon who claimed 'best of the rest' behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes. 'My one minute 12 [second] lap was the fastest and most stressful lap of my life,' declared Sainz. '[I did] a lot of work in the cockpit, everything coming in so fast, it was extremely...
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