Christian Horner poured cold water on the idea of Daniel Ricciardo racing for Red Bull in the coming season.
The Aussie will be a much-missed absentee on the Formula 1 grid when the new season begins in March. He remains close to the sport having signed a reserve driver deal with his old team, but that comes with no guarantee of any competitive racing action.
Fans have speculated that, should Sergio Perez go on a bad run of form, the team might promote Ricciardo to replace him. But Horner has downplayed the prospect of that happening, stating that the only chance he would have of racing would be if either Perez or Max Verstappen were forced to miss a race for whatever reason.
