The Australian – a standout amongst the most exceedingly respected drivers in Formula 1 – is known not been intriguing Ferrari.
Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen is out of agreement toward the end of this season and the Italian team are weighing up whether to hold the 36-year-old Finn.
Ricciardo said at the Austrian Grand Prix that he would stay at Red Bull, which he accepted was “the best place to be one year from now to challenge Mercedes”.
Ricciardo, who is 27 on Friday, has been floated by advancement with the Renault engine, which now has a highly diminished execution crevice to Mercedes than it accomplished for the last two seasons.
Ricciardo marked his new Red Bull contract to the end of 2018 after his leap forward season in 2014, when he was elevated to the senior team from Toro Rosso and beat four-time title holder Sebastian Vettel.
The German moved to Ferrari toward the end of that season. Ricciardo’s Red Bull arrangement is said by insiders to have no pick outs or break provisos, however having an agreement in F1 does not inexorably mean a driver will stay with a team.
Be that as it may, his comments unmistakably discount him of Ferrari’s reasoning for next season.
Ferrari are not anticipated that would completely address the issue of an accomplice for Vettel one year from now until after one weekend from now’s British Grand Prix at the most punctual.
Raikkonen has an average possibility of being held, yet different drivers in the edge are Force India’s Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg, Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz, Williams’ Valtteri Bottas and Haas’ Romain Grosjean.
Ferrari had additionally been keen on Max Verstappen, yet the 18-year-old Dutchman is under contract until the end of 2019 and Red Bull expect to have him and Ricciardo as their line-up for a long time to come.
On Wednesday, Red Bull said they had taken up their legally binding choice on Sainz and that he would stay at their lesser team Toro Rosso in 2017.
Notwithstanding, Red Bull motorsport guide Helmut Marko has said he would converse with Ferrari about discharging him in the event that they communicated an interest and offered to purchase him out.
