Scuderia Ferrari
Daniel Ricciardo will likely leave Red Bull Racing at the end of the 2018 season, and his two most likely landing spots are Ferrari and Mercedes. Given the fact that Ferrari seem to have at least caught if not passed Mercedes from a speed standpoint and an overall competition standpoint, expect to see Ricciardo driving for the Maranello-based team in the 2019 season and beyond, thus preventing other potential replacement candidates of Kimi Raikkonen, who hasn’t yet confirmed his retirement at the end of the 2018 season, such as Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc from doing so.
Sebastian Vettel is the only other driver aside of Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen who already has a contract through the 2019 season. Vettel, like Verstappen, has a contract that extends through the conclusion of the 2020 season which he signed toward the end of the 2017 season. The only difference between the two drivers’ situations is the fact that Verstappen drives for Red Bull Racing while Vettel drives for Ferrari.