Marko: Ricciardo will stay with Red Bull

16:07, 17 Apr 2018
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Having just won the Chinese Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo's contract situation is the talk of the town. Ricciardo's sixth F1 win has everyone wondering if he will be staying with Red Bull or move to Ferrari or Mercedes, who are heavily rumoured to be interested in securing his services.
Head of Red Bull's driver development programme Helmut Marko has indicated that Daniel Ricciardo will stay with Red Bull.
The Australian's contract with the team is up and the end of 2018 and while Ricciardo has indicated he might be looking elsewhere, Marko insists that other teams will be missing out on the Perth-natives talents.
"Wolff already fell on his face with Max Verstappen, and he'll fall on his face again," he said
Back when Max Verstappen was the new kid on the block, Mercedes signalled their intent to sign the young Dutchman however with Red Bull promoting Verstappen from the junior Toro Rosso team to Red Bull, his services remained with the Milton Keynes-based outfit.
Having just won the Chinese Grand Prix, demand for Ricciardo's services are probably at an all-time high after producing a fantastic drive reminding everybody what he is capable of. He probably couldn't have timed a win of such calibre any better.