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Andreas Seidl has denied that McLaren are comfortably the fourth fastest team on the grid as they have only out-scored Alfa Romeo in two of the last four races.

Seven races into this season and McLaren are holding down fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship with their double points-haul in Australia boosting them up the order.

That, though, was McLaren’s only two-car haul of the season to date.

Lando Norris was able to put some breathing room between McLaren and fifth place at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix when he brought his MCL36 home in third place, the only driver outside the top-three teams to have stood on the podium.

While McLaren’s nearest rivals, Alfa Romeo and Alpine, have had more mixed results, Norris has been fairly consistent for the Woking team.

But there is nothing comfortable about their position in the standings, or as leader of the midfield, says Seidl.

“I wouldn’t say fully comfortable,” he told The Race.

“We are up against strong competition with strong drivers and strong cars and therefore the pecking order can still change depending on different tracks, different conditions, tyre selection.

“Our target is clear; we want to fight for fourth in the Constructors’ Championship. We have everything in the team together with Lando and Daniel to do that.

“We know that