Daniel Ricciardo asserts that it is “not my business” when McLaren decided to sign Oscar Piastri.
On Friday, the result of the Contract Recognition Board’s hearing was made official, with Piastri confirmed as a McLaren driver for the 2023 season.
The result of the hearing stated that Piastri signed a deal with McLaren on July 4 – seven weeks before the team announced Ricciardo’s departure.
On July 13, Ricciardo released a statement on his personal social media accounts in which he stated he was committed to the team for the 2023 season.
![Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri [McLaren] celebrate their 1-2 finish at the 2025 F1 Austrian GP](https://www.motorsportweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lando-Norris-Oscar-Piastri-McLaren-F1-2025-1-120x86.webp)
The message now indicates that Ricciardo had no knowledge of when McLaren decided to sign Piastri to replace him for next year.
When asked by Sky F1 about the situation after Friday practice in Zandvoort, Ricciardo said: To be honest on the dates, that’s the first I’ve heard.
“I’m not aware of obviously timelines and what the team is discussing. To be honest, let’s say, before that date, let’s say month.
“We were already discussing my… not my future but where we could improve in order to have a better future with the team.
“So I’m aware there was going to be talks ongoing. In terms of timelines, I guess what the team does preparing Oscar, that’s not my business in terms of what they spoke.
“If that’s the case, then so be it, it’s not really my decision to make.”
Ricciardo originally penned a three-year deal with McLaren, which was due to expire at the end of next season.
However, due to a run of lacklustre performances, McLaren opted to part ways with the Australian driver early.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown asserts that the team always had transparent communication regarding where it stood with Ricciardo.
“Obviously we don’t go into the details of the contract that we signed with Oscar,” he said.
“Regarding Daniel, as we have communicated last week, I think throughout this year Daniel, Zak and myself had an open and transparent dialogue at any time of where we both are. Therefore, there is no issue in that aspect.”
![Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri [McLaren] celebrate their 1-2 finish at the 2025 F1 Austrian GP](https://www.motorsportweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lando-Norris-Oscar-Piastri-McLaren-F1-2025-1-350x250.webp)
![Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri [McLaren] celebrate their 1-2 finish at the 2025 F1 Austrian GP](https://www.motorsportweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lando-Norris-Oscar-Piastri-McLaren-F1-2025-1-360x180.webp)
“However, due to a run of lacklustre performances, McLaren opted to part ways with the Australian driver early.”
This means McLaren had an out-clause with Ricciardo, or else there would be a major lawsuit happening right now.
there wasn’t, instead they paid a hefty chunk of change of change for services never rendered, $15 mill
Still you keep failing to see what you don’t like. As Marco says, they’ve paid, or at least agreed to pay, him the full fifteen million he was contracted to receive for driving next year.
According to whom? I’ve not seen that reported anywhere, and as I said before, all indications lead to there being a performance clause in his contract or else Ricciardo would be fighting this.
I see the “report” now. No quotes, no direct sources, just speculation that he “could be” asking for as much as $21 million but the cost would likely be reduced over time. This report might as be me speculating that he is asking for $225 million. The fact of the matter is no one knows what has been agreed upon because Brown himself stated in June (unless he was lying like he usually does) there was an out-clause for Ricciardo, while also stating Ricciardo would definitely be driving for them next year. At most with (no performance clause, which according to Brown he does have), he would get a payout of $15 million, but it would likely be less. With the clause, he might get a few million at the most, but you also have to remember McLaren are broke as hell financially unless Piastri is bringing in mega buck sponsorships, which is likely and also why Brown might want him so badly. But like the report you are going by, this is speculation.
“…McLaren CEO Zak Brown asserts…throughout this year Daniel, Zak and myself had an open and transparent dialogue…
How many Zaks are there? If you think that watching telly and typing out what they say to publish on a website as news is a job; well, fair play to you if you can get away with it. But the very least you could bother yourself to do is to look up once in awhile to see who’s speaking.
Well, he’s fat enough for there to be at least three Zak Browns, and lies enough for there to be ten.
And in case you didn’t know (you probably don’t because you don’t seem to know jack shit about anything else), this site is a GMM aggregate that posts everything from there (usually verbatim) except the articles that criticize and expose Hamilton. There are no “writers” here. Anyone can subscribe to GMM and regurgitate it in articles on their own website under names like “Fergal Walsh”.
They do have writers here, they were advertising for them just a few weeks ago.
https://motorsportweek.com/about/
And Feargal Walsh is a qualified journalist, you can find him on the internet if you bother to look.
You really are a fucking loser, Curnow. However, to prove the old adage about stopped clocks, you are right regarding Hamilton, though I have seen one website which takes it to another level by insisting on calling him Sir on every reference to him.
No GMM here Ian. We have accredited journalists at every single F1 event. GMM have never stepped foot in an F1 paddock.