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McLaren squad brag Andreas Seidl says disapproval of Oscar Piastri was "inappropriate and unfair" successful the aftermath of the Australian's determination to crook his backmost connected Alpine.
Piastri has been confirmed arsenic Daniel Ricciardo's replacement astatine the Woking-based team, but only aft a tug-of-war with Alpine, which claimed it had the 21-year-old nether contract.
Piastri was heavy criticised for what was perceived arsenic a deficiency of loyalty to Alpine, with Mercedes brag Toto Wolff saying the lawsuit acceptable a atrocious precedent, portion Alpine brag Otmar Szafnauer questioned Piastri's integrity.
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The Contract Review Board (CRB) yet ruled successful McLaren's favour, exposing the shambolic concern astatine Alpine, which wholly mismanaged Piastri's declaration situation.
Seidl says confirmation that Piastri was a escaped cause erstwhile helium signed the McLaren woody puts the Australian successful the clear.
"It's bully successful the extremity the facts are out, and it's bully that you guys person seen the verdict arsenic well," helium said, per Motorsport.com.
"Therefore, everyone tin work this and marque up their ain conclusion, which is simply a beauteous wide case, and besides corrects immoderate of the judgements that person been inappropriate and unfair regarding Oscar.
"Now our absorption is simply to decorativeness the play unneurotic with Daniel, and past we look guardant to get going with Oscar, who is simply a immense talent, and has a batch of potential.
"At the aforesaid time, we cognize there's a batch of enactment up of america unneurotic with him going into his archetypal play of F1, but we are looking guardant to that."
Ricciardo was dumped by McLaren successful favour of Piastri, contempt having different twelvemonth to tally connected his contract. He confirmed that helium spoke astir the concern with Piastri's manager, chap Australian Mark Webber, astatine the caller Dutch Grand Prix, noting that there's nary hard feelings betwixt the pair.
"We hadn't seen evidently each different successful idiosyncratic (since it each started)," Ricciardo said.
"I consciousness helium didn't request to, but helium felt similar helium wanted to, successful a way, apologise and effort to conscionable spot however I'm doing.
"Obviously I cognize however this athletics is. It's thing idiosyncratic to me. And helium wanted to marque definite that I knew that and understood that. And conscionable to marque definite that I felt okay.
"He feels truly bad, obviously, [in] however it's gone down and evidently however things person been enactment retired determination successful the media. So yeah, it was evidently bully to talk to him."
Ricciardo besides revealed he'd called Piastri to marque guarantee the younger operator didn't consciousness uneasy astir replacing a chap Australian.
"I've besides spoken to Oscar, to beryllium honest, and conscionable made definite that there's nary atrocious feelings there. I recognize however this works," Ricciardo explained.
"He's trying to marque it, he's trying to get into Formula 1. And this infinitesimal should beryllium besides truly large for him. I don't privation to marque it a atrocious concern for him.
"That's that: it's thing personal. So that's each the speech was. And I genuinely bash privation him well. I privation him to person a bully tally successful Formula 1.
"If there's nary communication, you ne'er cognize what someone's feeling oregon thinking. Obviously he's a batch younger than me. I don't cognize however helium feels: if he's tense to scope retired and spot however I'm doing.
"Also, I wanted to marque definite that it was wide that I recognize his position. And perfectly nary hard feelings.
"So that was good. I deliberation it made him consciousness better. And yeah, I deliberation the past happening helium wanted was to person immoderate weird hostility betwixt a fewer of the lone Australians successful this sport. So I'm gladsome that we've done that."
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