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McLaren: Blocked Sainz were it not for Ricciardo
McLaren could have blocked Carlos Sainz's move to Ferrari but Zak Brown says the 'stars aligned' as he really wanted Daniel Ricciardo in the car. Ferrari announced back in May that Sebastian Vettel would be leaving the team at the end of this season. While it was initially thought that the German would make a straight swap with Sainz, instead Ricciardo's name was brought into the mix and 48 hours after the Vettel announcement, McLaren confirmed the Aussie as Lando Norris' 2021 team-mate. Hours later Ferrari announced Sainz while earlier this month Vettel's future was finally decided with the four-time World Champion off to Aston Martin. Brown is happy with how it all played out as he...
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