McLaren placed ‘trust’ in drivers during team orders

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl said he saw he can trust Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris when they were ordered to hold station in Baku, despite their protestations.

Both Norris and Ricciardo went onto the team radio at different times in the race claiming they had more pace than the other, but both times McLaren opted to hold Ricciardo behind Norris in the first stint and reversed the instruction towards the end.

Ricciardo had been chasing Fernando Alonso in front of him on fresh medium tyres, but the Alpine’s straight-line speed advantage meant the double former World Champion was never in reach for the McLaren driver in the closing stages.

P8 and P9 was the best McLaren could do on the day, according to their team principal who was pleased with how the team went about their afternoon in Baku.

Daniel Ricciardo has been told to hold position behind Lando Norris. We're seven laps in.#AzerbaijanGP #F1

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“I’m happy with the points we could score given the sort of performance we had here this weekend,” Seidl told Sky F1 after the race. “I think with everything I could see from the moment I think was well executed by the team. Both drivers and I guess we pretty much maximised everything we had today.

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