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#3 Carlos Sainz - McLaren
With the kind of performances that the Woking side have put in since 2012, this podium, if it happens, is going to be as big as a race win for McLaren.
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The sport needs McLaren to be back as their languishing fortunes has hit the competitiveness of the sport in general.
Sainz, who made his debut with Verstappen in the Toro Rosso in 2015, was first looked over by Red Bull despite being evenly matched.
He then came off as second best at his Renault stint. His career high has been a fourth place at the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix, but he definitely has it in him to finish higher with the right machinery.
His year with the Renault works team in 2018 will help give him better feedback to the Renault powered McLaren. Can he do with an independent customer team what he couldn't with the French works team?
