Mark Webber believes that Andreas Seidl is the best man for McLaren job

Former Formula 1 driver Mark Webber praises Andreas Seidl and believes that he is the right man for McLaren. 

Webber worked alongside Seidl during his Formula 1 career and also at Porsche when Webber raced after Formula 1. The Aussie puts down Porsche's success to Seidl and believes that he can do the same with McLaren. 

"If there's any man for the job..." Webber told Motorsport.com. "He's going to give it a red hot go. He's an absolute workaholic, very, very, very sharp on the technical side, and great with people.

"He's certainly one of the best I've worked with. Andreas and I, we've known each other since 2005. He was my engine engineer at Williams, at BMW. He was always going places.

"He's dead excited [about the McLaren move], he's really excited about it. But he knows he's got a task ahead. He's had some snapshots of Formula 1 with Sauber BMW.

"He was instrumental in our success with the 919. Not just him, it was a big team, but he definitely turbocharged the results.

"He's always wanted to get back into F1. And I don't think it was his only phone call from the paddock, to be honest.

"I think he sees it as a tremendous opportunity to make a big difference."