Red Bull confirms Ricciardo split, set to join Renault
Daniel Ricciard🌜o will leave Red Bull at the end of the season and is se💦t to join Renault from 2019.
The Australian driver had been stalling on confirmation of a new F1 deal with the Milton Keynes-baꩲsed team but told reporters during this week’s in-season F1 test in Hungary his future would be sorted by the Belgian Grand Prix.
Multiple reports on Friday emerged linking Ricciarꦑdo to a move to Renault to signal the 29-ye𒉰ar-old’s split from long-term backers Red Bull.
Daniel Ricciar🔜d🐼o will leave Red Bull at the end of the season and is set to join Renault from 2019.
The Australi♓an driver had been stalling on confirmation of a new F1 deal with the Milto༒n Keynes-based team but told reporters during this week’s in-season F1 test in Hungary his future would be sorted by the Belgian Grand Prix.
Multiple reports on Friday emerged linking Ricciardo to a move to Renault to signal the 29-year-old’s split fro🌌m long-term backers Red Bull.
Red Bull ꧅has confirmed Ricciardo's departure in an official statement with team boss Christian Horner c꧃ommenting on the split.
“We fully respect Daniel’s decision to leave Aston Martin Red Bull Racing and we wish him all the best in his future,” Horner said. “We would like to thank him for his dedication and the role he has played since joining the Team♕ in 2014, the highlights of course being the sev🍰en wins and the 29 podiums he has achieved so far with us.
With Ricciardo’s future expected to be officially announced soon, it would open up the F1 driver market which could see Carlos Sainz move in the opposite d🌠irection from Renault to Red Bull.
Sainz is on loan at the French manufacturer this season from Red Bull while he has also courted attentiඣon from McLaren for a potential 2019 switch.
“We will now continue to evaluate the numerous options available to us before deciding on which driver partners Max Verstappen for the 2019 season,” Horner added. “In the meantime, there are still nine races left in 201꧙8 and we are fully focused on maximising every opportunity for Max and Daniel for the remainder of the season.”
Ricciardo had initially delayed his F1 future decision waiting for Red Bull’s e𝕴ngine confirmation which arrived in June, seeing the team ditch Renault power for Honda from next season.
Red Bull has already tied down Max Verstappen to a long term deal with Christian Horner aiming to build the team around 💧the 🅺20-year-old.
Bꦑoth Verstappen and Ricciardo have won one race each this year, with the Australian fifth in the F1 world drivers’ championship and his teammate🐻 in sixth in the standings.
