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Mark Webber has dismissed speculation that he is in line for a seat at Ferrari in the near future and that he remains committed to Red Bull.
Rumours linking him to the Maranello-based team have been floating since last season as the Australian was tipped to replace Felipe Massa at the Scuderia. However, the 34-year-old maintains that his current position at the Milton Keynes squad is good enough.
“I always look good in red,” Webber quipped. “But Red Bull is what I associate all my success with, so the only red is in Red Bull, as when I wear Red Bull colours I think of success. Any other red is just a colour in the fashion business.”
Webber reasoned that the current state of Formula 1 is such that any contact made with another team in the paddock sparks gossip. A state of affairs, which the Red Bull driver pointed out, did not exist decades earlier.
“If I want to talk to Fernando (Alonso) and go to the Ferrari motor home, what happens then? Exactly: rumours. Then we are in trouble,” he explained on the sport's official website.
“So that makes it all quite difficult. The sport has changed. Nowadays any rumour gets around the world in seconds - that’s when it gets difficult”
At the Scuderia, Massa too was quizzed whether he was in talks for a switch to Red Bull but the Ferrari driver dispelled it as well.
“Really, nothing to say. Since I came to Ferrari I have been answering all of these things about me going away, so there’s nothing to say really,” Massa said.
“We concentrate on doing the best we can with the car and to get all we want. It’s just one more. It always seems to be at this time, more or less, no, during the season? It’s the same as usual.”
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