Christian Horner says he would be “astounded” if Daniel Ricciardo left Red Bull this season.
Horner said: “It would be a fairly bold decision to step out of a car that he has won two grands prix in this year as a championship contender.
“I would be surprised if he left. It is good fit between him and Red Bull.”
He is out of agreement toward the finish of the year and has held converses with McLaren and Renault, while there are likewise situates accessible at Mercedes and Ferrari.
McLaren have held converses with Ricciardo to sound out his enthusiasm for the occasion their lead driver Fernando Alonso left Formula 1 toward the finish of the season.
The two-time champion is accepted to her weighing up a move to the US-based Indycar arrangement full-time or remaining in F1 with McLaren yet additionally contending in the Indianapolis 500, the main outstanding piece of motorsport’s triple crown that he has not won. He said his craving to take as much time as necessary over his choice, which will be essential for the following phase of his profession, depended on the achievement Lewis Hamilton has had since leaving McLaren toward the finish of 2012 to join Mercedes.
The choice was reprimanded at the time, in light of the fact that McLaren were more focused than Mercedes, however has paid off abundantly as the German monster has commanded F1 and McLaren have slipped back to the midfield.
Ricciardo stated: “Lewis pulled the trigger entirely well. Regardless of whether he fluked it – he says that he truly knew it would happen, I don’t have a clue.
Alonso won the Le Mans 24 Hours with Toyota a weekend ago and has effectively won the Monaco Grand Prix twice.
Albeit both McLaren and Renault are far behind Red Bull on pace this season, Ricciardo stated: “I’m not going to state ‘no, it doesn’t intrigue me by any means’.”
“I know that, if you’re saying, those two teams, they’re not quite in that position yet. But could they be? Maybe. The thought of that, it has some appeal.
“I wouldn’t say it’s probably top of my list right now, but I wouldn’t dismiss it, also. Obviously McLaren and Renault aren’t there [out front] today, but maybe they will be there in a year or three years’ time.”
