Andreas Seidl said that Daniel Ricciardo's early exit from McLaren as one of the toughest experiences of his career.
Daniel Ricciardo’s exit one of toughest experiences in Andreas Seidl’s careerAndreas Seidl has described the process that led to Daniel Ricciardo’s early exit from McLaren as one of the toughest experiences of his career.
The eight-time race winner had been due to stay on at McLaren until the end of 2023 but having struggled in his first two years with the team, McLaren opted to bring in another Australian, Oscar Piastri, to take Ricciardo’s place. “Professionally, it was definitely one of the toughest things I had to deal with in my motorsport career,” Seidl said, as per GPFans.com.“Especially then, telling him, openly and honestly about our decision that we wanted to split ways early.
Despite being shown the door early, Ricciardo himself has not hit out at McLaren but instead taken the time to reflect and admit he was at fault as much as the team was.