Daniel Ricciardo is unfazed by Red Bull's latest quit threats, saying he expects to be driving a Ferrari-powered car in 2016.
Following threats in Singapore, Helmut Marko reiterated Red Bull is likely to leave F1 if there is no deal agreed with Ferrari to receive its engines. The uncertainty comes after team owner Dietrich Mateschitz confirmed a split from Renault and Mercedes ruled out supplying Red Bull, but Ricciardo is confident an agreement with Ferrari will be reached.
"Thinking about that I am too young to have a year off," Ricciardo said. "But right now I am not concerned – more curious to see what happens basically. It is still only September, so sure the sooner we get an answer the better, don’t get me wrong, but we are not in November or December yet.
"When you start getting towards that part of the year, then you have got to really decide what is going to happen, but it is still early. I am confident we will get what we are after. Curious to see how it unfolds."
And Ricciardo admits he has spoken to his Red Bull bosses about the power unit uncertainty but doesn't feel a need to get involved at this stage.
"I have spoken to Helmut and Christian [Horner]. I haven’t broken Dietrich’s balls yet. I am sure he has got a lot on his plate. I will let him do what he needs to. And as I say, if it gets later in the year and still nothing has come, then yeah, maybe I will make a little bit of noise. But honestly I don’t think it will get to that.
"They are confident we will figure it out one way or another. Obviously it is in our interests to try and get the best [power unit]. We want to win as well, so that is what we are trying to get."
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