Lauda: "We haven't offered Ricciardo anything"

It's been clear for months now that Daniel Ricciardo will be looking at his options before potentially re-signing with Red Bull, but Niki Lauda has said that Mercedes haven't offered the Aussie anything.

Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton still hasn't signed his extension either, but it's been said for months that that is just a question of time. Ricciardo has been said to either sign at Mercedes or Ferrari is he should opt to leave his current team, Red Bull.

"We currently aren't in talks [with Hamilton] and we have no rush to do so either," Lauda said.

Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko was on the scene as well, as both he and Lauda were present when MotoGP champion Marc Marquez drove around in the RB8.

"Mercedes has been busy resigning Hamilton since December," Marko said.

Lauda disagreed with his colleague.

"Ricciardo is blackmailing you by not signing," the Austrian said.