Renault may be at the top of the midfield log but Carlos Sainz says it is getting “tighter and tighter” out on track.

10 races into this year’s championship and Renault have climbed to fourth in the Constructors’ standings on 70 points.

That puts him 19 ahead of Haas while McLaren in seventh are a further three points off the pace.

And with Haas, McLaren and Force India all joining Nico Hulkenberg inside the top-ten last time out at Silverstone, Sainz has urged Renault to continue pushing.

“We have lots of things we need to analyse, as the midfield battle is getting tighter and tighter,” he said.