Carlos Sainz: "The goal of the team is to be a pioneer"
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Carlos Sainz has been critical of the way that Racing Point have sourced their parts ahead of the 2020 season. However, he doesn't believe that the team have cheated but believes that Formula 1 should be about teams designing and making their own parts.
“What I was talking about was the spirit of McLaren. The goal of the team is to be a pioneer. A team that invents new things and sets a trend, not a team that copies things," Sainz said.
“I am not interested in what other teams are doing. I am only interested in having my team become the frame of reference and the leading team in the long term,” the McLaren driver said.
Racing Point looked incredibly fast during winter testing and could threaten McLaren in the midfield battle this season. Some fans will see Sianz's comments as strange considering McLaren get their engine from Renault!