Team bosses play a huge role in their team’s performance over a Formula 1 weekend. Many would argue that Mercedes’s Toto Wolff and Red Bull’s Christian Horner are the best on the grid because of the success of their teams. However, McLaren CEO Zak Brown thinks that Andreas Seidl dwarfs the two team bosses.
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Seidl became team boss in 2019 and made a significant contribution to the success of the team on the starting grid. In 2020 he helped the team from Woking to third place in the team classification and to victory at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza in 2021. Seeing how he’s helped the team grow, Brown puts Seidl above Horner and Wolff.
McLaren CEO Brown prefers Andreas Seidl over Wolff and Horner
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Horner and Wolff are arguably two of the best team bosses in Formula 1. Instead of deciding between them, Brown counts on one of them to be the best team boss on the grid.
Speaking to Motorsport.com, he said: “He took the pressure off my shoulders and carried it himself. I would say he did an excellent job. In my opinion, the best team boss in Formula 1 is Andreas. “
Formula 1 F1 – Monaco Grand Prix – Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco – May 20, 2021 McLaren Managing Director Andreas Seidl at the FIA press conference FIA / Handout via REUTERS
“He runs the racing team, it’s his show. The cooperation with Andreas is excellent. We complement each other wonderfully. There are things that I contribute, things that he contributes. But there is nothing overlapping. We have a lot of fun together. That leads to good performance and fun and thus to positive results, ”concluded Brown. (Translated from Turkish via Google)
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How has the Woking outfit fared this season?
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Lando Norris’ 2021 season was likely his best yet. Last year he only took one podium. But in 2021 the 22-year-old had four podiums and one pole position in his luggage. In the drivers’ championship he was sixth with 160 points.
Formula 1 F1 – Italian Grand Prix – Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy – September 11, 2021 McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo during the sprint qualifying REUTERS / Massimo Pinca
On the other side of the box, Daniel Ricciardo had a disappointing season, with his Monza win being the only highlight of his first year at McLaren. The Australian finished the season in eighth place in the table with 115 points. Overall, the Seidl-led team finished the season in fourth place with 275 points.
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