#andreas seidl

[lovelivewarblers-blog]

Seems like the team principles really wanted to grab the spotlight this winter break as the drivers have been quite unproblematic so far. 

Please introduce Binotto for Williams lol. I have my popcorn ready.

#max verstappen #red bull racing #lando norris #andreas seidl #mclaren #ferrari #alfa romeo #audi #oscar piastri #charles leclerc #carlos sainz jr #williams #alex albon #binotto

[tristemarmarie]

tag yourself “F1 bosses meeting” edition 👀

i’m a weird mix of Guen Guen and Stefano, they’re so relatable

#f1 #f1 humour #f1 memes #ferrari #red bull #mercedes #toto wolff #christian horner #mattia binotto #stefano domenicali #guenther steiner #andreas seidl #mclaren #dts #dts season 5

[devilishlydumb]

here's the thing: i can understand mclaren wanting to change daniel. they're paying him a lot and the results are not what they expected. okay. fine. it is sport, it is a competition and it is cutthroat.

that's not what bothers me.

what bothers me is the way they've managed it. you let him take the fall, you let him post a statement about his commitment with the team, you let him cry in front of the entire factory, andreas publicly says that they're counting on daniel for 2023. and then behind his back, they're talking to someone else to give him his seat. and he's probably found out about it all through media outlets.

it's sick and twisted and not like a family at all and as a long-time mclaren fan i'm so disappointed because this is not they way you're supposed to do things.

i will add, tho, that sending threats to oscar who is simply trying to get in f1 (and has earned the opportunity) is not the way to go.

you want to blame someone? blame zak and andreas. yes, andreas too. because he is team principal and decisions do go through him.

#what's happening to alpine is going to eventually happen to them because no driver will freaking trust them #lando hun take your money and run to idk freaking rb if needed #i want them three (lando daniel oscar) far away from mclaren #i choose to not trust this team anymore <3 #mclaren #f1 #oscar piastri #daniel ricciardo #zak brown #andreas seidl

[rickybaby]

Someone edit Seb’s face on there. He’s chilling in his farmhouse while the whole of the f1 world is in chaos. Simply because he decided to retire

#we thought the drivers silly season was drama #but the tps said hold up #man next year is going to be chaos #no wonder Daniel decided to dip #daniel ricciardo #sebastian vettel #lewis hamilton #george russell #lando norris #charles leclerc #mick schumacher #carlos sainz jr #mclaren #ferrari #Audi #andreas seidl #fred vasseur

[alexalbono]

So much TP drama but I just want Cyril back…

#f1 #cyril abiteboul #mattia binotto #fred vasseur #jost capito #andreas seidl #Andrea stella

[neuvettel]

when this trio cooks at audi >>>

#@mike: on GOD baby i'm gon get you out of there #@andi: i've always loved you #sebastian vettel #andreas seidl #f1

[collectmytears]

@.McLarenF1 At home with the 🍯🦡@.DanielRicciardo’s back at the MTC, checking in with the team and prepping for France. 💪

#daniel ricciardo #andreas seidl #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #formula1

[vetteldixon]

everything happens so much

#f1 #andreas seidl #girl help #silly season 2022

[dizzyduck44]

So I saw the most ridiculous comment from a Danny Ric fan that led me down a thought process I really wasn’t ready for.

The original comment:

“McLaren are in the mess they are in now because they wouldn’t design a car around him like Renault did”.

So let’s start at the beginning. Daniel chose to leave Renault. No one held a gun to his head. As far as we know there was no bad blood. He walked away from this project that was allegedly designing a car around him.

When Daniel arrived at McLaren, the car was competitive. Lando sat 3rd in the Championship for some time. However almost immediately we heard Daniel doesn’t get on with the car, “it doesn’t suit his driving style”.

The more input Daniel had in that car, the worse it got. And it never brought the results he hoped, whilst compromising Lando as well. It says it all that Lando’s point alone secured McLaren’s 5th place in the constructors.

It seems at some point last year Zak Brown saw what was going on. There was slow development which wasn’t really improving the car. No matter what they did Daniel was not going to be able to extract the best from the car. James Key didn’t seem to be able to move the car forward. He’d got so far and now (with Daniel’s input) the car stopped improving. Given what had happened at Renault, why would the team develop a car around Daniel.

It seems that although we didn’t hear about changes at first, they were looking to make these changes 6 months or more before they happened.

The thing that finally hit me was Andreas Seidl. A man I have nothing but respect for was letting this happen. Why wasn’t he going to Zak saying I need to make changes. Andreas always came across as someone who wouldn’t suffer fools yet, this was going on under his watch.

I can’t imagine Horner or Otmar sitting there being silent while this was going on. Could you imagine Toto being oblivious to it?

When Andreas announced his departure I was shocked and sad, but understand. You can’t really expect to tell your employers in 3 years time I’m leaving for a rival and then expect them to say, by all means stay, see what we learn over that time. However maybe this was more of letting go what wasn’t working.

It’s funny to hear everyone talk about Andrea Stella as technically minded because two things jump to my head “so was Binotto” and “I thought so was Andreas, allegedly”.

As to the way forward I like what I see. The people coming on board and those they are bringing back now they have a better grip of the cost cap. Oscar is a fantastic addition. As someone else pointed out if Lando or Oscar fell 8/10ths behind the other, the team would probably get rid of them as well.

The thing I wasn’t prepared for was seeing people I like and respect, Daniel and Andreas and having my view of them somewhat soured.

It makes me appreciate, at least Lando has always been brutally honest. I know where I stand with him. Cars crap, he’ll tell you the car is crap. He out drove the car, he’ll tell you. When something is 100% his fault, he’ll tell you that as well. When another driver is in a different league, yeah not afraid to tell you that either.

What’s more, I think what is becoming clear, maybe it was never the car. Daniel seems to have lost his love for it. The fact that even not driving this year, he doesn’t want to be at every race (just in case) and apparently Horner has told him he needs to prove to them he is serious about wanting to drive again. He seems checked out. Even last year you could see, he loved the social side with the drivers and fans but the actual racing, the passion was gone.

Which brings me full circle. Did he leave Renault, a project built around him, because he already knew that the passion was going and he was looking for something to reignite it? I don’t think we will ever know. Does he know deep down that yes he got another win, but it required the two front runners taking each other out and his team issuing team orders. Maybe that’s a realisation he has accepted but doesn’t want to admit out loud.

#mclaren f1 #daniel ricciardo #lando norris #oscar piastri #zak brown #andreas seidl #andrea stella #renault f1 #long read

[dan-chante]

Seidl was out there saying that the team were still committed to Daniel and that they wanted him to stay on July 24th, I do not believe this man when he says Daniel was informed about Piastri

#daniel ricciardo #anti mclaren #dutch gp 2022 #danny ric #hate mclaren #andreas seidl #f1 #formula 1

[ef-1]

“Daniel has shown in the past that with the right car and the right team he can pull off race wins, so there is no reason why he should not be able to fight for world titles if we deliver from our side.”

- Andreas Seidl

@ andreas can your wife fight?

#god i love him so much. so so so much. #dandreas have my heart #f1 #daniel ricciardo #andreas seidl

[carlando]

listen to me i don’t mind stella, i actually like him but i just miss seidl so much, he was our collective dad

#f1 #mclaren family #andrea stella #andreas seidl

[blamemma]

say it louder for the people at the back (or at least loud enough for Zak to hear) x

#Daniel Ricciardo #McLaren #Andreas Seidl #dr #Baku22

[artemispt]

How Lando looks at Carlos 😭

#shy landito #carlando #Brazilian gp 2019 #saw it on @carlandocontent ig stories. it’s funny Carlos specifically saw a story that account posted of carlando 👀 (not this one) #andreas seidl #mclaren 2019

[neuvettel]

Sunday, 20 November — Beat Zehnder, Sebastian Vettel, Mike Krack and Andreas Seidl in the paddock at the Yas Marina Circuit (📸: Nordphoto)

#audi's future (minus andi cause he's w mcl)? 👀 #sebastian vettel #mike krack #beat zehnder #andreas seidl #f1 #abu dhabi 2022

[devilishlydumb]

let me preface this by saying: i am first and foremost a mclaren fan. however, i also think all of our problems could be easily solved by yeeting zak brown into the ocean and getting charlotte sefton back.

#i don't like him #lando pls wake up and see he's not that great #also the way he disregards daniel??? #me not like #anyways i love mclaren and andreas and lando and daniel and michael and jon and the mechanics and the engineers #the strategists are on thin ice and the moment #and PLEASE get charlotte back #mclaren #formula 1 #andreas seidl #lando norris #daniel ricciardo #anti zak brown #the hashtag about the mechanics? yeah that was an at and not an and