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"We are in trouble" if rain falls during Belgian Grand Prix - Sainz

Carlos Sainz Jr. is convinced McLaren will be "in trouble" if it rains during the Belgian Grand Prix as both MCL35's are on very low-downforce set-ups. Wet conditions massively favour the cars with high-downforce set-ups as grip is very hard to come by and straight-line speed is significantly reduced. Article continues under video After qualifying, Sainz revealed that both he and team-mate Lando Norris opted not to run a rain-friendly set-up as it hurt their pace in the dry. "If there’s one race where maybe I don’t like the rain so much it’s here because we’ve elected our super low-downforce set-up," Sainz told Sky Sports F1. "So [we're] expecting it not to...
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