For the second race in succession McLaren's Carlos Sainz failed to gain access to the top-10 shootout in qualifying, the Spaniard hindered by a mysterious lack of rear-end grip on his MCL34. Sainz enjoyed a strong start to the Saturday afternoon session, finishing the opening segment P7 but it was all downhill from there, contrary to McLaren teammate Lando Norris who made the Q3 cut. "It's been a bit of a difficult weekend for me, never feeling quite the rear end from the car," Sainz explained. "But apart from that, Q1 was very positive, I was feeling like we could have a good qualifying, and then I just went slower with every set. P8 Norris on the pace but admits race...
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