Ricciardo's move leaves plenty of questions to be answered

LONDON (Reuters) - The'toughest choice' of Daniel Ricciardo's lifetime, in choosing to depart Red Bull and combine Renault next year, could be great news for a few Formula One driver but leaves other people confronting an uncertain future.

The immediate questions to be answered would be that is the Australian's replacement along with Max Verstappen and also what's going to occur to Spaniard Carlos Sainz, whose location he's taken?

Both go together, together with 23-year-old Sainz loaned to Renault by Red Bull to get 2018 following the French producer had a replacement for under-performing Briton Jolyon Palmer.

Sainz could play at Red Bull, however, the preceding pairing of him and Verstappen in Toro Rosso was far from smooth and also the Dutch 20-year-old has become the senior group's apparent focus.

French newcomer and 2016 GP2 winner Pierre Gasly has impressed at Toro Rosso and, together with previous adventure racing for Red Bull's new for 2019 engine partners Honda, may be in line for a promotion.

Until Red Bull pick, Sainz's hands are tied along with some other movement -- and McLaren has voiced interest -- should stay on hold.

Gasly's advertising would render Red Bull having a hassle at Toro Rosso, without an as-yet qualified kid apparently in a position to measure in from the positions of both Red Bull junior motorists and Sainz improbable to return .

That could imply Gasly's 2018 teammate, New Zealander Brendon Hartley, receives a reprieve as the departure door had seemed to be opening.

That large decision will also have an effect on the futures struggling Belgian teammate Stoffel Vandoorne and up-and-coming British book Lando Norris.

Toro Rosso voiced an interest in Norris when a replacement for Hartley had been mooted earlier in the summer but McLaren didn't play ball.

Whether this might change if there's no 2019 chair at Woking available remains to be seen.

KNOCK-ON EFFECT

Renault's surprise registering of Ricciardo, that arrived as nearly everyone in Formula One supposed his staying Red Bull has been a lot, also includes a knock-on influence on the aims of Mercedes, Force India, and Williams.

It was widely presumed that the group's Mercedes-backed French motorist Esteban Ocon was jumped for Renault.

The speculation was that Canadian Lance Stroll was subsequently poised to change out of Williams, bringing some type of investment out of his billionaire father.

The vacancy at Williams could have gone into a different Mercedes protege and Formula 2 chief George Russell, whose path now appears less sure -- unless Force India's Mexican driver Sergio Perez additionally moves.

There might also be openings at U.S.-owned Haas, together with Frenchman Romain Grosjean with an erratic and expensive season, and also at Sauber at which Monegasque newcomer Charles Leclerc is tipped to substitute Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari.

After that's all determined only time will tell whether Ricciardo has made the ideal move, a four-times world champion Lewis Hamilton failed at the end of 2012 when he abandoned McLaren for as-yet ineffective Mercedes.

Formula One has lots to consider and think of as the August break begins along with also the'silly season' reveals no indication of abating.

 

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