Sainz not getting bogged down by results

McLaren driver Carlos Sainz has failed to score a single point in three of the four races since the summer break but he isn't getting too concerned about his results. However, he did secure a sixth-place finish last weekend in Russia.

At times during the race, he had got up to fourth but the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing overtook him as he slipped to sixth.

 Sainz is the top-scoring driver in the championship for a driver who hasn't driven for a top-three team, sitting seventh, three points behind Pierre Gasly.

 "It’s exactly the same situation, " Sainz said.

 "Many of the zeros in the first half the season were really my fault, and none of these three consecutive zeros after the summer break were my fault,” Sainz said.

 “So it was just a matter of one race, nothing happening and being back to being best of the rest.

 “That’s the patience that I’m having this year, trying not to lose my head too much with those zero - with that touch with Nico [Hulkenberg], with the pit stop in Monza when running in P6.

 “It was just a matter of time again that it came back to us.”