Red Bull: No Ricciardo ‘ultimatum’ amid latest F1 pressure
Ricciardo is a free agent for 2019 and has already missed out on replacing Sergio Perez at Red Bull next season after the Mexican received an extension with Force India earlier this month.
The future of his seat at Red Bull-owned sister team RB also appears to be in danger, with Helmut Marko indicating this week it was time for a new young driver.
Reserve New Zealander Liam Lawson awaits his turn after impressing as a stand-in.
Speaking in the Austrian Grand Prix press conference on Thursday, Ricciardo said he was unaware of Marko’s remarks until after arriving at Spielberg’s Red Bull Ring.Sequence:UIControlEvent_NT,Renault DP World F1 Team,Twitter Embed
I didn’t give a shit one way or the other. I still know the top thing in this sport is performance,” said Kimi, 34.
My best chance of staying here. I know that. None of it is going to be based on the smile or anything like that, its all about what we do on track.
