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Sainz fears wet race would hamper McLaren race pace

Carlos Sainz often cheers the prospect of rain which can level the playing field on race day, but the Spaniard says a wet Sunday at Spa would not be good news for McLaren. Sainz qualified a creditable seventh for tomorrow's Belgian Grand Prix, three spots ahead of teammate Lando Norris. But both drivers have opted for a low-downforce configuration to extract the most of their MCL35 in race trim. But Sainz says some good old Spa rain would leave Norris and himself with a challenge on their hands. ©McLaren "If there’s one race where maybe I don’t like the rain so much it’s here because we’ve elected our super low-downforce set-up," Sainz told Sky Sports F1. "So...
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