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Christian Horner: 'Mark Webber staying put'

Horner: 'Webber staying put'
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner dismisses speculation that Mark Webber will join Ferrari next season.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has dismissed speculation that Mark Webber will be joining Ferrari at the end of the season.

Reports had claimed that the Australian driver had become unhappy with Red Bull and had already agreed a pre-contract with the Italian-based team.

However, Horner has played down the stories, insisting that Webber is more than content with his current employers.

"Every spring seems to be a reciprocal thing that Mark is going to Ferrari," Horner told Autosport. "He is not wearing red overalls. I think it is inevitable, almost every driver in the pitlane has been linked alongside Fernando [Alonso] next year, but we are focused on ourselves.

"Mark enjoys being within the team, he is happy here and we are happy with him. At the relevant time later in the year we will sit down and talk about the future as we have done in previous seasons.

"It's something we will talk about later in the year. I'm not aware of any discussion. I think Mark is happy where he is, he is in a strong position here, but inevitably it's part of this business that there is speculation."

Webber is out of contract at the end of the current campaign.

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