Daniel Ricciardo has put his Red Bull talks on hold until Lewis Hamilton signs a new deal at Mercedes. That is not the claim of F1's speculative grapevine, but instead that of Dr Helmut Marko, a top official at Red Bull. Red Bull wants Australian Ricciardo to stay, but he is being linked with Ferrari and Mercedes. But Niki Lauda, Mercedes' team chairman, says Hamilton is definitely staying at Mercedes. 'Lewis is staying with us,' he is quoted by Kronen Zeitung at an event at the Red Bull Ring. 'It (the contract delay) is only about little things like promotion.' But Marko says Ricciardo has told Red Bull that he is waiting for Hamilton. 'Ricciardo doesn't want to sign until Hamilton has...
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