McLaren boss expects Vettel to leave Formula One


FILE PHOTO: McLaren team principal Zak Brown, poses for a photograph at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Britain November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Will Russell

LONDON (Reuters) - Daniel Ricciardo was McLaren's first choice to replace Ferrari-bound Spaniard Carlos Sainz and Sebastian Vettel was never in the frame, the Formula One team's chief executive Zak Brown said on Friday.

He expected Vettel, who is leaving Ferrari at the end of 2020, to retire.

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