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Clear and concise. In an interview with the German media Auto Motor und Sport, Zak Brown justified why McLaren had not taken Sebastian Vettel into account, with reasoning that leaves the odd doubt.
Surprise about Vettel
“Sebastian is a true champion. We had already tried to get close to Daniel two years ago, but it didn’t work. It remained our first choice in case he got free, so it’s not about not trusting Sebastian. We also don’t know if we could get Sebastian. We have been in contact with Daniel for the past few years and when the opportunity came, we took it. When we discovered that Sebastian would be on the market, we had already reached an agreement with Daniel ”, affirmed the maximum person in charge of McLaren.
The answer or justification is most curious if we consider that Daniel Ricciardo arrives at McLaren after confirming Carlos Sainz’s farewell to Ferrari, the Spanish driver picking up the vacancy left by the non-renewal of Sebastian Vettel with the Italian team.
So according to Zak Brown’s words, they did not know that Carlos Sainz was going to leave Ferrari before signing for his replacement, which is very unlikely, or even more interesting, that they signed Ricciardo even though he had two drivers on the roster. simply because they seem to be a better pilot, something that, although it would make much more sense, is somewhat disconcerting considering the infinity of compliments made on its pilots.
Although in these cases, the simplest explanation is usually the most realistic, and that Zak Brown, asked by a German media, where the Ferrari driver is from and where logically he will have more followers, did not want to say that they preferred another driver before the four-time world champion for the simple fact of not missing him, taking the weight off him, ensuring that when they learned that he was on the market, they had already closed another pilot, although the times of these actions do not match .
Times don’t fit
Any other reasoning than the latter would be most curious and leaves more questions than answers behind it.
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