Daniel Ricciardo is sure to be a fan favorite on the grid, largely because of his incredible on-track skills and off-track charisma. And most of the teams he’s worked with always enjoyed his presence, no matter how long he was there.
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Two of the biggest teams Ricciardo has worked with are in fact Red Bull and McLaren, led by Helmut Marko and Zak Brown respectively. Now that he’s the only driver to work with bosses with such contrasting personalities, the Honey Badger introduced the differences and similarities between the two.
Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner, Red Bull Racing Team Consultant Dr. Helmut Marko and Renault Sport F1 Managing Director Cyril Abiteboul talk about the starting grid before the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Austria at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. (Photo by Mark Thompson / Getty Images)
During a podcast, Ricciardo stated that the main difference between Marko and Brown is conversation volume.
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“I mean, their personalities are very different, you know. Helmut is a man of few words. Zak probably talks as much as I do.
“But the similarity is that they are both hungry, and yes, they could show this in different ways through their personalities. But they’re both so hungry for it, ”he said during the Beyond the Grid podcast.
Daniel Ricciardo reveals big differences between Marko, Brown & Seidl
The Australian managed to add another name to this list – his favorite team boss Andreas Seidl. Ricciardo spoke about the most attractive factor of each of the bosses. For Marko it is hunger, for Brown the love of racing and finally for Seidl the killer instinct.
“I mean, Helmut, everyone knows that they are still there at every race. That speaks for itself and for that I always respect and admire Helmut, ”he said.
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“And Zak is, you know, he wants to do it.
McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl and McLaren CEO Zak Brown watch in the pit lane on the first day of F1 winter testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Charles Coates / Getty Images)
“He loves racing; he is the biggest fanboy in a positive sense. It gives him the desire to get better, to build a better team. And then Andreas has this German efficiency and he has the killer instinct that you need in a team to have a certain authority, but also to have this trust in the people around you. “
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Overall, Ricciardo certainly enjoys his stint at McLaren amid the ever-increasing positivity since the shocking demise in the mid-2010s. And given recent developments, the British team could soon be in the championship mix. Will Ricciardo then realize his dream of becoming F1 champion?
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