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McLaren's Seidl opposes giving No.1 status to Ricciardo
New recruit Daniel Riccardo will not be McLaren's number 1 driver next season, at least as long as Andreas Seidl is in charge. Ricciardo will move from Renault to the Woking-based outfit at the end of the season, replacing Ferrari-bound Carlos Sainz alongside Lando Norris. Despite the Aussie's 171-race track record and 7 wins, Ricciardo will not be given a preferred status over Norris by Seidl. Domenicali calls on Alonso to help Sainz move to Ferrari "As long as I’m the team boss, no one at the start of the season will ever be the number one," the McLaren F1 boss told Sky F1. "If someone has as long a road to go as we do, you need two drivers equal to each other, as we had...
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