Carlos Sainz Jr has said that he is "very happy" with his qualifying performance at the Spanish Grand Prix, where he will start from fifth on the grid.
The Spanish rookie is placed just ahead of teenage teammate Max Verstappen as Toro Rosso locked out the third row at the Circuit de Catalunya.
However, Sainz is pessimistic about his team's prospects for scoring points in Sunday's race.
He told reporters: "P5 for us tomorrow would be very difficult. We are going to try our best.
"Our long runs from Friday, they don't look very promising, but it was a completely different car than what I was driving now in terms of feeling. We will work on it, we will work on it, we will try our best to finish in that top five but it's probably not our most realistic position.
"I've never been comfortable with the car up until quali. Suddenly Q1 run one, everything turned up, car was on the right window where I wanted it and from Q1 I was feeling very comfortable and I could build on it to score a very nice qualifying position."
Toro Rosso have scored 12 points so far this season.
Chris O'Keefe
