Carlos Sainz, the Spanish rookie who claims Fernando Alonso as a mentor, says the McLaren driver and double world champion is 'unhappy' in 2016. Officially, Alonso has been putting a brave and optimistic face on 2015, despite McLaren-Honda's dire performance. Sainz, who drives for Toro Rosso, paints a slightly different picture. 'It's a pity,' the 21-year-old told the Spanish news agency EFE. 'I see that he is unhappy. Disappointed, perhaps, with how things are going for him. 'But I also see him very motivated and eager, with faith and hope that the project will succeed. And that is the important thing,' added Sainz. 'For him, it's a blank year or one of transition, but if next year...
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