"It was done publicly in front of some members of the team who were oblivious to the situation (regarding his contract talks with McLaren) and I didn't want to cause a scene in front of them.
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Piastri said he had been in the simulator when Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer told him he was going to be announced as an Alpine driver from the 2023 season.Īccording to Szafnauer, Piastri just "smiled and was thankful."īut Piastri told F1: "That was a bizarre and frankly upsetting episode. Oscar Piastri says the handling of his F1 contract with Alpine has been a 'bizarre and upsetting' saga. I want him to have a good run in Formula 1." I don't want to make it a bad situation for him. And this moment should be also really big for him. "He's trying to make it: he's trying to get into Formula 1. I understand how this works," Ricciardo said. "I've also spoken to Oscar, to be honest, and just made sure that there's no bad feelings there. While Ricciardo will likely have F1 suitors for 2023 with the likes of Alpine, Haas and Williams all having vacant seats for next season, he understood it was an awkward note for Piastri to begin his career on. Ricciardo also said he had reached out to Piastri to see how the 21-year-old was doing, and had a similar conversation to the one he had with Webber. Daniel Ricciardo and Oscar Piastri on good terms after McLaren switch Verstappen's 10th win matched his tally from last year and the Red Bull driver extended his championship lead to 109 points. The Dutch hero made it four straight wins for the first time in his Formula One career with his victory on Sunday. It was a tough weekend for the 33-year-old, with teammate Lando Norris finishing 10 places higher in seventh.į1 championship leader Max Verstappen has made quick work of a safety car restart to win the Dutch Grand Prix in front of 100,000 adoring fans.
It was a nice moment in an otherwise miserable weekend at the Dutch GP for Ricciardo, who qualified a lowly 17th and finished exactly where he started. So yeah, it was obviously nice to speak to him." "He feels really bad, obviously, how it's gone down and obviously how things have been put out there in the media. And he wanted to make sure that I knew that and understood that. "Obviously I know how this sport is: it's nothing personal to me. "I feel he didn't need to, but he felt like he wanted to, in a way, apologise and try to just see how I'm doing. "We hadn't seen obviously each other in person," Ricciardo said. Over the course of the Dutch GP weekend, Ricciardo revealed there had been a rare opportunity for he and Webber to catch up, with his Red Bull predecessor offering him an apology for the saga having played a part in his McLaren departure. Piastri has found himself at odds with McLaren's F1 rivals Alpine, who invested considerably in his stellar junior career but had to watch him be stolen from under them after it was determined they didn't have him signed to a valid contract for 2023.Īlpine, who Ricciardo once drove for when they competed as Renault, had announced Piastri as the replacement for Fernando Alonso, who stunned the F1 world by opting to join Aston Martin.īy this point Piastri and Webber had already been negotiating with McLaren, prompting Piastri to issue a memorable statement on Twitter rejecting Alpine's announcement. NO GOOD: Daniel Ricciardo at centre of 'disgusting' drama at Dutch Grand Prix
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