モーター racing-Sainz, Ricciardo 始める，決める for F1 moves as Alonso return 討議するd
By Alan Baldwin
LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - Spaniard Carlos Sainz is on 有利な立場（位置） to be Charles Leclerc's team mate at Ferrari next year, with Australian Daniel Ricciardo 始める，決める to 取って代わる him at McLaren によれば 決まり文句／製法 One sources.
One source told Reuters there could be an 告示 by the end of the week, with 報告（する）／憶測s in Spain and Italy 説 会談 between McLaren's Sainz and Ferrari were at an 前進するd 行う／開催する／段階.
There was also 憶測 that Spain's 二塁打 world 支持する／優勝者 Fernando Alonso, who left 決まり文句／製法 One at the end of 2018, could make a 復帰 with Renault -- the team he won his 肩書を与えるs with in 2005 and 2006.
"I see a シナリオ which is Sainz to Ferrari, Ricciardo to McLaren, and then that leaves a seat at Renault that probably would be Alonso," said former F1 driver and Sky Sports television pundit ツバメ Brundle.
The driver merry-go-一連の会議、交渉／完成する was 誘発する／引き起こすd by Ferrari's 告示 on Tuesday that four times world 支持する／優勝者 Sebastian Vettel would be leaving at the end of this year.
Vettel's 未来 remains uncertain, with 退職 a 可能性.
"What´s been happening in these past few months has led many of us to 反映する on what are our real 優先s in life," the German said in Ferrari's 声明.
The 2020 選手権 has yet to start 予定 to the COVID-19 pandemic, with countries in lockdown and drivers 分散させるd around the world.
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Sainz, who made his F1 debut with the Italy-based Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso team, is in Spain while Ricciardo went to his family's farm 近づく Perth after the Australian Grand Prix was cancelled in March.
Both Sainz, 25, and 30-year-old Ricciardo are out of 契約 at the end of the year.
There was no 即座の comment from Ferrari, McLaren or Renault.
Ricciardo moved to Renault from Red Bull last season, knowing that the French 製造業者 team was a work in 進歩, after McLaren also made an approach.
勝利者 of seven grands prix for Red Bull, his best result with Renault to date is fourth place and he has been keeping his 選択s open.
"Everyone knows how this sport 作品. If another team calls, I´m not going to 封鎖する the call or anything. I`ll answer it and listen to what they have to say," Ricciardo told Reuters in February.
Sainz was sixth 全体にわたる in 2019, behind only the Mercedes and Ferrari drivers and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, but has yet to 勝利，勝つ a grand prix.
His third place in Brazil last year was McLaren's first podium finish since 2014. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Alan Baldwin; Editing by Ken Ferris)
