Seidl remains in solidarity with his employees in Melbourne

A McLaren team member tested positive for coronavirus in Australia. Team boss Andreas Seidl fully supports the teams' decision to withdraw from the Australian Grand Prix which was eventually cancelled. 

Andreas Seidl is currently in Australia along with fourteen other McLaren employees who are quarantined because of the virus. Seidl himself has not been in contact with the team member so he does not have to be quarantined. The fourteen employees have all been in contact with the team member who tested positive for the prevailing virus on Thursday: "Out of solidarity, I will stay with my staff in Melbourne for as long as it takes"

"I had to act quickly"

Seidl has had an eventful 24 hours. The team boss tells Autobild how it partly went after they discovered that a team member was carrying the coronavirus. Very quickly the team boss decided that McLaren would not be part of the Australian GP: “I had to act quickly and decide to withdraw the team from the race. The management and owners fully support my choice. I had no other options. The safety of my employees is most important.”

As a result, the FIA ​​and other teams were looked at with an eventful 24 hours that followed. Finally, on Friday night, the FIA ​​decided to cancel the race after all.