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McLaren Contract Timeline
To the best of my ability, a complete timeline of the McLaren drama that’s gone down in the last few months. If you have any additional info to add, shoot me a message and I can edit the post.
For quick reference, there are three relevant McLaren teams (Formula 1, Formula E, IndyCar) in play with a total of 7 seats.
Post current as of 8/5
May 2020: It’s announced that Ricciardo will be moving from Renault to McLaren for the 2021 season [x]
August 2021: Zak Brown announces that McLaren Arrows will be running 3 cars in IndyCar in 2023
September 2021: Ricciardo wins the Italian GP; it’s McLaren’s first win since 2012
Post 2021 F1 Season: General fan consensus is that Riccardo’s first year at McLaren was disappointing
February 19. 2022: Ricciardo reveals that his contract is for 3 years (2021-2023) at a rumored $10 million euros per year [x]
March 12, 2022: Andretti Indy driver Colton Herta signs an F1 development deal with McLaren
April 17, 2022: Alonso comments that he wants to race for “two or three more years” and Alpine states they’re willing to loan Piastri to another team until an Alpine seat is open for him
May 16, 2022: Otmar Szafnauer (Alpine Team Principal) comments that a discussion regarding drivers for next year will take place around Silverstone (beginning of July)
May 19, 2022: Announced that Norris signed a multi-year extension with McLaren
May 27, 2022: O’Ward signs an extension with McLaren Arrows through 2025; the deal includes a “potential F1 opportunity”
June 3, 2022: Alexander Rossi announces that he’s joined McLaren Arrows for the 2023 IndyCar season
June 18, 2022: Jost Capito (Williams team Principal) says that Piastri is on Williams’ list of potential drivers, confirming fan theories that Piastri could replace Latifi
June 23, 2022: McLaren announces that Felix Rosenqvist will remain as a member of their driver roster and will either drive for their IndyCar or Formula E team
July 10, 2022: Ted Kravitz reports that Piastri is looking to replace Ricciardo at McLaren and this is why he hasn’t signed with Williams yet (linked video is deleted, but the quote is in the post) [x]
July 12, 2022 (12:55 pm PST): Chip Ganassi Racing announces that they’re extending Alex Palou through 2023
July 12, 2022 (4:14 pm PST): Palou Tweets that the announcement was made without his approval and that he’s previously informed the team he did no intent to race with CGR in 2023
July 12, 2022 (4:22 pm PST): McLaren F1 announces that Palou has joined its driver roster; they do not specify which team he’ll be racing for (F1, IndyCar, FE), only that they intend to release all of their driver line ups soon.
July 12, 2022 (4:22 pm PST): McLaren Arrows welcomes Palou “to the racing family”
July 12, 2022: Herta completes a two day F1 test for McLaren
July 13, 2020: Amid rumors that McLaren will/should replace Ricciardo, he posts to his Instagram story stating that he’s committed to McLaren until the end of next year
July 27, 2022: It’s reported that GCR has sued Alex Palou over his refusal to race for them in 2023 [x]
July 28, 2022: Palou’s lawyer argues that CGR’s suit “would attempt to keep Alex from an opportunity to compete in Formula 1”; Palou would be part of McLaren’s F1 test program alongside O’Ward and Herta
August 2, 2022 (9:11 am PST): Alpine announces that Piastri will be driving alongside Esteban Ocon in 2023. Fans notice that Piastri is not quoted in the press release and that he hasn’t posted the news to his own social media
August 2, 2022 (9:13 am PST): the F1 Twitter also announced that Piastri will be driving for Alpine in 2023
August 2, 2022 (11 am PST): Piastri Tweets there is no agreement with Alpine for next season and specifically states he will not be racing for Alpine in 2023
August 2, 2022: Alpine believe that they have the contractual right to control Piastri’s immediate future [x]
August 2, 2022: it’s reported that Ricciardo has the contractual right to exercise his option to race with McLaren in 2023 and must decide by September (note: McLaren can still buy Ricciardo out of his contract. If he agrees (read: if they pay him enough money), he’ll waive the agreement to race until next year and both sides will be free to seek other options) [reddit link if the tweet gets removed]
August 3, 2022: It’s reported that at least four other teams have contacted Ricciardo in the past two weeks to “assess where his head is at”
August 5, 2022: it’s revealed that despite the announcement that Rosenqvist has been extended as part of McLaren’s driver lineup, no contract exists beyond 2022
August 5, 2022: It’s reported that McLaren will be buying out Ricciardo’s contract to open his seat up for Piastri
