F1 | Renault, Sainz worried: “Fourth place in the constructors' championship? Watch out for Force India"

With six races remaining in the season, Renault fears losing fourth place in the constructors' championship. The transalpine team, compared to the first half of the season, has dropped in terms of performance: in the last GPs Haas and especially Force India, net of some unfavorable episodes, have shown themselves to be superior. He is aware of it Carlos Sainz, which to the microphones of Motorsport he did not hide his concern: “Our goal is to finish in fourth place in the constructors' championship but, if it hadn't been for the penalty suffered by Force India (the elimination of points due to the change of ownership, ed.), they would have been ahead of us on pure performance . We have to be very careful about Force India, we know that in the second part of the season they always start to come alive and they have shown it once again: when they have to invest a bit of money and everything else... At a track like Singapore where we expected to to be ahead, we found ourselves behind".

Sainz knows well the areas in which Renault needs to progress: “We know our car is strong in low-speed corners. We generate a lot of grip and load at low speed, but we know that our performance over curbs and bumps is not what it should be compared to other teams. We continue to work on it but it is probably still our main weakness. Much of this is also due to the engine: we are stuck at spec B (the introduction of a new power unit would incur a penalty, ed.) and the others have made huge steps forward during the year that we have not been able to. to do. We will give everything to maintain fourth position, but it will be a difficult second part of the season.".