Andreas Seidl says McLaren were on the way up before he joined!

McLaren's technical director Andreas Seidl is given a lot of credit for the team's improvements in 2019, but he says the squad were well on their way to a good season before he joined. They finished fourth in the constructor's championship, just a year after horribly struggling at the back of the grid.

With a fresh driver line up of Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris, McLaren dominated the midfield battle and potentially have their sights set even higher for 2020.

Seidl is often named as the mastermind behind their recovery, but he refuses to take the glory.

In an interview with Auto Motor und Sport, he said: "I joined a team that was on the way up again thanks to the measures that Zak Brown initiated in 2018. The step the boys took over winter was before my time.