Sainz in “a very bad mood” over prospect of Las Vegas F1 “comeback”

Sainz ran second quickest in the pole position shootout, falling only 0.044s short of team-mate Charles Leclerc as Max Verstappen abandoned his final flying lap to end up third.

But Sainz must fight back from 12th on the grid as a legacy of taking a third control electronics package of the season to exceed the allocated two following his FP1 damage, which handed him a 10-place grid drop.

He said: “An outstanding job by the whole team. We’ve…