Formula One’s silly season became even more chaotic, but this time, it wasn’t the drivers who triggered it. The team principals brought the mayhem.
Whether you want to call it musical chairs or a merry-go-round, dominoes began to fall this week in a manner that impacted 40% of the grid. Although Williams’s announcement of Jost Capito stepping aside came on Monday, the moves that involved Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and McLaren on Tuesday seemed to be connected (to an extent).
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown revealed to select media on Tuesday that Andreas Seidl’s departure was fast-tracked because of Frédéric Vasseur’s move to Ferrari in January.