McLaren: Carlos Sainz to replace Fernando Alonso from 2019
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Carlos Sainz has signed a multi-year deal to replace Fernando Alonso at McLaren from the 2019 season, the team have confirmed.
Alonso, twice world champion, announced on Tuesday that he will retire from Formula 1 at the end of the year.
Fellow Spaniard Sainz, 23, is currently on loan at Renault from Red Bull and said it was a "childhood dream" to join McLaren.
"I've been a McLaren fan for as long as I can remember," he added.
"It's a great name in the sport with an incredible heritage, and the list of drivers that have raced for McLaren over the years are among the heroes of Formula 1.
"Fernando is of course one of them, so it's particularly special that I'll be taking his seat as part of the next generation of Spanish racing drivers behind the wheel of a McLaren."
Carlos Sainz, F1 career so far |
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2015: Toro Rosso - 19 races, finished 15th in drivers' standings |
2016: Toro Rosso - 21 races, finished 12th |
2017: Toro Rosso/Renault - 20 races, finished ninth |
2018: Renault - 12 races so far, currently 11th |
McLaren Racing chief executive Zak Brown said Sainz, who began his F1 career with Toro Rosso, provided "the perfect blend of youth and experience".
"We're incredibly excited to have Carlos join us as a McLaren driver," added Brown.
"We've been assessing him for some time now and rate him very highly among the next generation of young talent emerging through the ranks in Formula 1."
After the Hungarian Grand Prix, Sainz sits 11th in the drivers' championship standings with 30 points, with his best race finish fourth in Singapore while racing for Toro Rosso in 2017.
McLaren's other driver is currently Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne.
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Still though, good luck to Sainz! Good to see him with a race seat for 2019...
Gasly to RBR now?
Biggest problem is the car and structure at McLaren. If they fix the design, they could be best of the rest.
Please translate into English. 'colud' might be 'could and 'but' might be 'buy' but 'irse' in that location has defeated my decryption skills.
"F1 is not politically correct enough for BBC to ever show again"
So, nothing to do with Bernie selling TV rights so he could afford yet another yacht? Ever looked at F1 coverage around the world? There are precious few places left where the ordinary punter can (legally) watch live F1 free to air anymore.
Might seem harsh these days, but McLaren are the second most successful team in F1, a lot of that under the guidance of Ron. Not my favourite boss, but affective. Re-sign him.
Yes I have been reading looking in on them all but to be honest I have just not wanted to post. These pages are getting worse by the week, some really insulting comments, personal attacks then of course just the usual trolls.
I love F1 and everything to do with it but these pages are just not fun or interesting any more because of the amount of vile stuff on them.
But in 2010 specifically Alonso made more mistakes than all the title contenders who all made mistakes that year. Its absolutely astonishing how people pretend Alonso was faultless in 2010! He wasn't. His errors cost him the title