With its RP20 based heavily on last year's Mercedes W10, Carlos Sainz says Racing Point 'no longer counts' as a midfield team. Although Racing Point was beaten to the chequered flag by the McLaren team-mates at the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix, it was the pink Mercedes that showed the better pace one week later. Sergio Perez was fighting Red Bull's Alexander Albon for fourth place at the Styrian Grand Prix before a move left him with a damaged front wing, and cost him fifth place. The Mexican driver was overtaken on the final lap by McLaren's Lando Norris while Sainz, whose race was hampered by a slow pit stop, was P9 to Lance Stroll's seventh. Perez's pace, though, especially in the...
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