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Sainz disappointed with how slow F1 has become

Toro Rosso rookie Carlos Sainz says he is disappointed with the speed of modern Formula 1. The Spaniard is the reigning champion of Formula Renault 3.5, and he said after practising in his Toro Rosso on Friday: 'I've driven faster cars here.' 'It's not so nice in the cockpit when you're going so slowly,' Sainz told Auto Motor und Sport in Barcelona. Indeed, Sainz's best time in the afternoon was 1.28.6, which was just six tenths quicker than Stoffel Vandoorne's pole lap for the ‘junior' series GP2. Vandoorne is therefore quicker than the Saubers, Force Indias and Manors. Pirelli is being pointed at for some of the blame, with Pastor Maldonado saying: 'The harder tyres are probably...
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