Carlos Sainz says that his Toro Rosso team’s struggles for performance in recent races go beyond a simple lack of power from its year-old Ferrari engine. The Faenza-based squad slipped behind McLaren to seventh in the constructors' standings in last weekend's Spa race, the second in succession that both Sainz and teammate Daniil Kvyat have failed to score. While Kvyat finished in 14th, Sainz was running seventh when his rear-right tyre delaminated in spectacular style along the Kemmel Straight at the start of the second lap. While the Spaniard believes that he never had any real chance of scoring points, such was Toro Rosso's lack of pace, he says that the STR11 was struggling just as...
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