News Details

Sainz tones down Renault rhetoric

Sep.6 Carlos Sainz has toned down his rhetoric about McLaren's engine supplier Renault. The Spaniard surprised the F1 paddock recently by saying he "expected more" from Renault in 2019. Then at Spa, both he and Lando Norris had engine problems, which Sainz called "unacceptable". It triggered speculation McLaren is eyeing Williams' customer deal with Mercedes for 2021. But at Monza, Sainz is suddenly backpedalling. "Our reliability is not brilliant, but it's not as bad as it looked in Spa," he said. "Renault made a huge leap in power over the winter. There is not much of a gap left to Mercedes and Ferrari." And teammate Norris agreed: "The...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Carlos Sainz set for five place grid penalty in...

McLarens' Carlos Sainz is set to face a grid penalty in Belgium following...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Renault engine upgrade disappoints Sainz

Aug.31 Carlos Sainz has admitted he is disappointed with Renault's...
5y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Carlos Sainz & Lance Stroll take engine penalties

Belgian Grand Prix – McLaren's Carlos Sainz and Racing Point's...
5y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Strategy dictates return to older-spec engine for...

Renault works drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg, as well as...
5y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Fabio Quartararo admits cause of ‘really...

Fabio Quartararo admits Yamaha had a "really strange day" in...

Marc Marquez tops opening day of Buriram MotoGP testing

Marc Marquez has topped the opening day of MotoGP testing at Buriram...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Doug Boles named IndyCar President in leadership...

The NTT IndyCar Series announced on Tuesday morning that longtime...

Andretti Global shows off new liveries for 2025...

Andretti Global has revealed a trio of new liveries for the team’s cars...

Power sets goal of five move competitive years in...

Will Power is one of the NTT IndyCar Series’ longest tenured drivers,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal, Man United 'receive major boost' in pursuit...

RB Leipzig are reportedly open to letting Benjamin Sesko leave during this...
45m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Tottenham transfer news: Spurs 'in a strong position'...

Tottenham Hotspur are 'serious contenders' to sign Bayern Munich forward...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.