USA GP: Ricciardo responds to Red Bull reserve rumours

Ricciardo told media at the US Grand Prix “I don’t (have a deal in place)” in response to the Sky Sports reporter Ted Kravitz’s on-air revelation he would rejoin Red Bull. “So, for now, everything’s just rumours,” Ricciardo said. “Am I talking (to teams)? Yes. But there’s (been) no pen on paper or anything like that yet.” It comes as Ricciardo’s McLaren teammate Lando Norris hit out and suggestions the pair did not get along during the Australian’s time at the Woking-based team. “We love being teammates,” Norris told ESPN. “I’ve loved being his teammate, learning from him, spending time with him. “People are too easy to judge nowadays. It’s something that’s ruining the world in many ways. Things are great. I’ve loved working with him, I’ll miss him, but I’m sure I’ll race him in the future.” Ricciardo will start Monday’s United State Grand Prix from 16th on the grid, following another disappointing Q1 exit. F1 USA Grand Prix10 MINUTES UNTIL LIGHTS OUTNot the news Mercedes needed so close to race start, with Lews Hamilton reporting issues with his brakes just minutes before lights out in Austin.The Mercedes engineers are furiously swapping parts in and out as the car sits on the grid. Hamilton starts fourth on the grid and will have one of his best chances at a win this season, on a track he has traditionally driven better than almost anyone else. Hamilton has never finished a Formula 1 season without standing on the podium at least once. He is yet to taste victory in 2022. Can he do so in Austin? This brake issue isn’t the high drama he would have hoped for. 20 MINUTES UNTIL LIGHTS OUTRed Bull and the FIA have parked talks about any Accepted Breach Agreement until the middle of next week in light of Dietrich Mateschitz’s death. The Red Bull founder died aged 78 on Saturday following a long battle with illness and F1 paid tribute to the Austrian prior to Monday morning’s US Grand Prix in Austin. In a statement early on Monday, Red Bull said the team had put off talks with the FIA regarding penalties for their cost cap breach. “Following the passing of Mr Mateschitz, all conversations with the FIA around Cost Cap and next steps are on hold until further notice,” the statement read. “The deadline for agreement has been extended and we expect talks to pick back up (in the) middle of the week.” With Max Verstappen having clinched the world championship in Japan, the biggest story in Formula 1 at the moment is Red Bull’s cost cap breach and what the penalty may be. Rivals are calling for heavy carryover sanctions into next season, including financial and wind tunnel penalties, but Red Bull continues to maintain its innocence. HOW THEY START IN AUSTINFront Row: Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) / Max Verstappen (Red Bull2nd Row: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) / George Russell (Mercedes)3rd Row: Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) / Lando Norris (McLaren)4th Row: Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) / Alex Albon (Williams) 5th Row: Sergio Perez (Red Bull) / Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) 6th Row: Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) / Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 7th Row: Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) / Fernando Alonso (Alpine) 8th Row: Kevin Magnussen (Haas) / Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) 9th Row: Esteban Ocon (Alpine) / Mick Schumacher (Haas) 10th Row: Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) / Nick Latifi (Williams) RED BULL BOSS HITS OUT AT RIVAL OVER ‘SHOCKING’ ALLEGATIONSMeanwhile, Red Bull boss Christian Horner has hit out at McLaren counterpart Zak Brown for making “shocking” accusations of cheating over breaches of Formula One’s cost cap regulations.Speaking at a press conference ahead of Sunday’s United States Grand Prix, Horner slammed Brown over a letter the McLaren chief wrote to the International Motoring Federation (FIA) in relation to Red Bull’s cost cap breach.The FIA released a report two weeks ago in which Red Bull was declared as having broken the newly-established spending limit of $145 million in the 2021 season.Brown’s letter to the FIA and F1 chiefs said any breach of the financial regulations “constitutes cheating.” That drew a fiery response from Horner during Saturday’s press conference where he sat alongside Brown, insisting that Red Bull “absolutely and categorically” had not benefited from the rules breach.Asked for his views on Brown’s letter, Horner replied: “It’s tremendously disappointing for a fellow competitor to be accusing you of cheating. To accuse you of fraudulent activity is shocking.“It’s absolutely shocking that another competitor, without the facts, without any knowledge of the details, can be making those kind of accusations.” Horner said Red Bull had been “on trial” because of accusations made in the wake of the Singapore Grand Prix earlier this month, with the team subjected to “the rhetoric of cheats”.“We’re getting kids of employees bullied in playgrounds. That is not right,” Horner said. “Because of fictitious allegations from other teams.“You cannot go around just making that kind of allegation without any fact or substance.“We absolutely are appalled at the behaviour of some of our competitors.” Brown meanwhile insisted he had been intending to make a “general response” to the cost cap controversy.“My letter set out I think that, if a team spends more than the cap, they are going to get an advantage and the cap is a rule -- no different to the technical rules in the sport,” Brown said.“We are not taking a view whether they did or didn’t...It didn’t mention any teams. It was a general response, now that we are into the cost cap era, if someone breaches that, here’s what we think some of the ramifications are.” Red Bull are currently negotiating with the FIA to find agreement on what they can accept as a breach and a suitable level of punishment, which could be a fine or a points penalty.“We had zero benefit from a development perspective or an operational perspective either for 2021 or for 2022... Our submission was significantly below the cap.”Updates to story

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Ricciardo told media at the US Grand Prix “I don’t (have a deal in place)” in response to the Sky Sports reporter Ted Kravitz’s on-air revelation he would rejoin Red Bull. “So, for now, everything’s just rumours,” Ricciardo said. “Am I talking (to teams)? Yes. But there’s (been) no pen on paper or anything like that yet.” It comes as Ricciardo’s McLaren teammate Lando Norris hit out and suggestions the pair did not get along during the Australian’s time at the Woking-based team. “We love being teammates,” Norris told ESPN. “I’ve loved being his teammate, learning from him, spending time with him. “People are too easy to judge nowadays. It’s something that’s ruining the world in many ways. Things are great. I’ve loved working with him, I’ll miss him, but I’m sure I’ll race him in the future.” Ricciardo will start Monday’s United State Grand Prix from 16th on the grid, following another disappointing Q1 exit. F1 USA Grand Prix10 MINUTES UNTIL LIGHTS OUTNot the news Mercedes needed so close to race start, with Lews Hamilton reporting issues with his brakes just minutes before lights out in Austin.The Mercedes engineers are furiously swapping parts in and out as the car sits on the grid. Hamilton starts fourth on the grid and will have one of his best chances at a win this season, on a track he has traditionally driven better than almost anyone else. Hamilton has never finished a Formula 1 season without standing on the podium at least once. He is yet to taste victory in 2022. Can he do so in Austin? This brake issue isn’t the high drama he would have hoped for. 20 MINUTES UNTIL LIGHTS OUTRed Bull and the FIA have parked talks about any Accepted Breach Agreement until the middle of next week in light of Dietrich Mateschitz’s death. The Red Bull founder died aged 78 on Saturday following a long battle with illness and F1 paid tribute to the Austrian prior to Monday morning’s US Grand Prix in Austin. In a statement early on Monday, Red Bull said the team had put off talks with the FIA regarding penalties for their cost cap breach. “Following the passing of Mr Mateschitz, all conversations with the FIA around Cost Cap and next steps are on hold until further notice,” the statement read. “The deadline for agreement has been extended and we expect talks to pick back up (in the) middle of the week.” With Max Verstappen having clinched the world championship in Japan, the biggest story in Formula 1 at the moment is Red Bull’s cost cap breach and what the penalty may be. Rivals are calling for heavy carryover sanctions into next season, including financial and wind tunnel penalties, but Red Bull continues to maintain its innocence. HOW THEY START IN AUSTINFront Row: Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) / Max Verstappen (Red Bull2nd Row: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) / George Russell (Mercedes)3rd Row: Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) / Lando Norris (McLaren)4th Row: Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) / Alex Albon (Williams) 5th Row: Sergio Perez (Red Bull) / Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) 6th Row: Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) / Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 7th Row: Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) / Fernando Alonso (Alpine) 8th Row: Kevin Magnussen (Haas) / Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) 9th Row: Esteban Ocon (Alpine) / Mick Schumacher (Haas) 10th Row: Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) / Nick Latifi (Williams) RED BULL BOSS HITS OUT AT RIVAL OVER ‘SHOCKING’ ALLEGATIONSMeanwhile, Red Bull boss Christian Horner has hit out at McLaren counterpart Zak Brown for making “shocking” accusations of cheating over breaches of Formula One’s cost cap regulations.Speaking at a press conference ahead of Sunday’s United States Grand Prix, Horner slammed Brown over a letter the McLaren chief wrote to the International Motoring Federation (FIA) in relation to Red Bull’s cost cap breach.The FIA released a report two weeks ago in which Red Bull was declared as having broken the newly-established spending limit of $145 million in the 2021 season.Brown’s letter to the FIA and F1 chiefs said any breach of the financial regulations “constitutes cheating.” That drew a fiery response from Horner during Saturday’s press conference where he sat alongside Brown, insisting that Red Bull “absolutely and categorically” had not benefited from the rules breach.Asked for his views on Brown’s letter, Horner replied: “It’s tremendously disappointing for a fellow competitor to be accusing you of cheating. To accuse you of fraudulent activity is shocking.“It’s absolutely shocking that another competitor, without the facts, without any knowledge of the details, can be making those kind of accusations.” Horner said Red Bull had been “on trial” because of accusations made in the wake of the Singapore Grand Prix earlier this month, with the team subjected to “the rhetoric of cheats”.“We’re getting kids of employees bullied in playgrounds. That is not right,” Horner said. “Because of fictitious allegations from other teams.“You cannot go around just making that kind of allegation without any fact or substance.“We absolutely are appalled at the behaviour of some of our competitors.” Brown meanwhile insisted he had been intending to make a “general response” to the cost cap controversy.“My letter set out I think that, if a team spends more than the cap, they are going to get an advantage and the cap is a rule -- no different to the technical rules in the sport,” Brown said.“We are not taking a view whether they did or didn’t...It didn’t mention any teams. It was a general response, now that we are into the cost cap era, if someone breaches that, here’s what we think some of the ramifications are.” Red Bull are currently negotiating with the FIA to find agreement on what they can accept as a breach and a suitable level of punishment, which could be a fine or a points penalty.“We had zero benefit from a development perspective or an operational perspective either for 2021 or for 2022... Our submission was significantly below the cap.”Updates to story