Carlos Sainz has admitted that “situations on Sundays” have seen the Spaniard miss out on points.

The Renault man, who is soon to depart the Enstone outfit, said that his Championship position does not reflect on his performance in 2018.

He finished in the points in each of the first eight races, except Bahrain. But after that, he failed to score in Austria, Great Britain and Germany.

“It has been weird, because I was achieving a lot of points at the beginning of the year without being 100% comfortable with the car, and working very hard to get it a bit back,” Sainz said.