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The Australian trio of Daniel Ricciardo, Oscar Piastri, and Piastri’s manager Mark Webber were at the centre of the drama surrounding the driver situation at McLaren. Daniel has now revealed if there are any hard feelings towards Webber and Piastri as quoted by Motorsport

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Webber Apologizes To Ricciardo Who Clears The Air With Piastri
 
Daniel started off by confirming that Webber has spoken to him and he further divulged what the conversation was all about
 
“We obviously hadn’t seen each other in person [since it all started]”
 
”I feel he didn’t need to, but he felt like he wanted to, in a way, apologise and try to just see how I’m doing”
 
He reiterated that he still respects Webber
 
“He feels really bad, obviously, [in] how it’s gone down and obviously how things have been put out there in the media. So yeah, it was obviously nice to speak to him”
 
“So it’s just the circumstances and that’s how it is. But I still obviously like Mark a lot and respect him”
 
Daniel then went on to reveal that he has also spoken to Oscar Piastri
 
“I’ve also spoken to Oscar, to be honest, and just made sure that there’s no bad feelings there. I understand how this works”
 
“He’s trying to make it: he’s trying to get into Formula 1. And this moment should be also really big for him. I don’t want to make it a bad situation for him”
 
He further explained why he felt the need to approach Oscar
 
“Obviously he’s a lot younger than me. I don’t know how he feels: if he’s nervous to reach out and see how I’m doing”
 
“Also, I wanted to make sure that it was clear that I understand his position. And absolutely no hard feelings”
 
He signed off by giving his thoughts on how Oscar took it
 
“I think it made him feel better. And yeah, I think the last thing he wanted was to have some weird tension between a few of the only Australians in this sport”
 
 
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc suggested that they “were unlucky with the Virtual Safety Car”
 
“But I don’t think it would have changed much for us. Our competitors seem to have improved their pace, especially in the race”
 
Mercedes driver George Russell feels that “it’s incredible to see three different teams on the podium and Mercedes are slowly getting closer to that top step”
 
“[It was] not an easy decision for the team to make with the final safety car”
 
“When you're in front with track position, you've got a shot to go for the win which is what we did. But this is what we as Mercedes are here to do, we're here to win”
 
McLaren’s Lando Norris admitted that Alpine are “getting more out of their car than us at the moment”
 
Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel “enjoyed [his] battle with Mick [Schumacher]”
 
“But this race was not a highlight for either of us”
 
“Then I got a five-second penalty for ignoring blue flags when I was being passed by Lewis [Hamilton], but it did not really make much difference to my race”
 
Haas driver Mick Schumacher “had a lot of fun even though [he] was at the wrong end of the field”
 
“Battling with Sebastian [Vettel] is always great”
 
His teammate Kevin Magnussen stated “it was a bit of a wasted weekend, so I hope we do better next time”
 
Claudio Balestri, Chief Engineer – Vehicle Performance at AlphaTauri confirmed that Yuki Tsunoda’s retirement “is currently under investigation within the team”
 
 
[All quotes taken from the media debrief in Zandvoort]

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