Midfield drivers should have a chance to fight for a podium says Sainz

McLaren driver Carlos Sainz believes that there are drivers in Formula 1 who ‘deserve more credit’ than they are given and that midfield teams should be fighting for a podium position.

Last year Fernando Alonso left F1 after many years and claimed the reason was that it no longer excited him.

Sainz felt that it was a shame that he did leave as the sport should have the best drivers in world in it but understood his reason for leaving as others are in the same position.
 
Sainz told La Gazzeta dello Sport: “F1 should have the best drivers in the world and Fernando is clearly one of the best, if not the best ever.

“So clearly we miss him. But the reason he went is the same thing that myself and many others talk about.”

Sainz explained that the structure of Formula 1 makes competing with Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull a very hard task and that himself and other drivers deserve more credit.

“I and many other drivers deserve more credit,” he added.

“I am thinking of Ricciardo, Perez, Hulkenberg. We should all have had the chance this year to fight for at least a podium.

“Instead, at the moment this opportunity is reserved only for those driving for the top three teams.

“The car just makes too much of a difference.

“It shows that F1 still has a lot to do to increase the competition and the entertainment.

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