'He was in the situation, but it’s not like he created the situation. It was just a product of all these things happening and he was the guy.” F1
Caught in the crossfire of public opinion regarding the end of Daniel Ricciardo’s McLaren stay, the Aussie says he felt for his replacement and compatriot Oscar Piastri.
At the same time the then-Alpine reserve driver was also having to deal with the fall-out from rejecting Alpine, as the Enstone team so publicly saw it,As the drama played out, Ricciardo was the one to pick up the phone to Piastri to let him know there were no hard feelings,Ricciardo says he “felt” for his compatriot as, while he was in the middle of it all, it wasn’t something he had created.
“It was just how the chips fell. He was in the situation, but it’s not like he created the situation. It was just a product of all these things happening and he was the guy.”Ricciardo also doesn’t hold any grudges against Piastri’s manager Mark Webber. as he chased a 2023 race seat for his driver, the one who made McLaren realise they have options other than Ricciardo.“Mark has a job to do trying to find his driver a seat,” he continued.
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