Max Verstappen thinks he will have the same teammate in 2019.
At the moment, Daniel Ricciardo is linked with potential moves to Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren or Renault, and he hopes his decision will be clear by the summer break.
Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko is confident the Australian will stay.
“We have recently come very close. It’s on a good way,” he told Kronen newspaper.
Dutchman Verstappen said he would be happy if Ricciardo stays.
“The chances that he will stay are high,” he said in Austria. “I see no reason why not.
“Daniel is a great teammate, we have a lot of fun together but on the track we motivate each other to push.