Aussie Duo at the Heart Of Daniel Ricciardo’s McLaren F1 Struggles Get Candid With Crucial Round Table Conversation

Being a part of Formula 1 can be a rollercoaster ride. As someone rightly said, “you’re only as good as your last race.” And for Daniel Ricciardo, his fall from grace has been pretty dramatic. Having said that, you can’t help but feel bad at the Honey Badger’s predicament. Fellow Aussie and former F1 driver Mark Webber seems to agree.

McLaren recently announced that Daniel Ricciardo will be dropped from the team after the end of this season. To replace him comes young Oscar Piastri, also an Australian. This has left F1 fans disheartened, as Ricciardo seems genuinely affected by this whole situation.

Who could understand this better than Mark Webber himself? At the Dutch Grand Prix, Ricciardo revealed, “I feel he (Webber) didn’t need to, but he felt like he wanted to, in a way, apologize and try to just see how I’m doing.”

He then went on to explain, “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.”.

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Webber wasn’t the only one Ricciardo chatted up to in the aftermath of this entire driver transfer saga. Piastri and Ricciardo also apparently had a chat, and the Honey Badger was eager to clear the air between the two.

Daniel Ricciardo clears the air with Oscar Piastri after the McLaren contract saga

It would have been normal to assume that there was bad blood between Ricciardo and Piastri. But in true Ricciardo fashion, he showed fans why he is such a likable personality in the Formula 1 paddock.

According to the Aussie, he has, “also spoken to Oscar, to be honest, and just made sure that there’s no bad feelings there. I understand how this works.”

He summed up this conversation by saying, “That’s that: it’s nothing personal. So that’s all the conversation was. And I truly do wish him well. I want him to have a good run in Formula 1.”

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However, all hope is not lost for Daniel Ricciardo. If he can get within a team that can get the best out of him and gives him capable machinery, he can still perform at the very top. But who will that team be?