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Vettel squashes Ferrari rumors after another win
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October 29, 2012, Monday
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TWO-TIME defending Formula One champion and the Indian Grand Prix winner yesterday Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull has quashed rumors he has signed a deal with Ferrari.
"You don't know every single one in the team and it is hard to speak to each of them, but if there is something published in the press, obviously there might be some concerns back in the factory," Vettel told reporters after winning the race in Noida, outside New Delhi, yesterday.
"But I'm 100 percent behind them, just as they are 100 percent behind me. At the moment, there is nothing to report and I'm very happy with Red Bull racing."
Rumors of a Vettel move gained momentum earlier this month when Felipe Massa signed a one-year contract extension with Ferrari for 2013, raising speculation a big-name replacement was being teed up for the following year.
Vettel has a contract with Red Bull through to the end of 2014, though with conditions on the final year of the deal.
"It could be quite funny now, there is nothing to tell you, nothing I've signed, nothing has changed," Vettel said after his fourth consecutive F1 victory. "It's quite amazing, I don't read that much and it is surprising to get to the circuit where you get all these questions."
Vettel currently leads the championship standings with 240 points. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who finished second yesterday, is the only other driver with a realistic chance to win the championship with 227 points.
Red Bull's Mark Webber was running in second place until lap 48 of the 60 when the failure of his KERS power boost system allowed Alonso to sweep past on the main straight. The Australian then had to fight hard to hold off McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in the closing laps, sneaking into the final podium position by just six tenths of a second.
"It's so demoralizing on that straight with no KERS," Webber said. "I was a moving target really."
McLaren's Jenson Button was fifth, while Ferrari's Felipe Massa held off Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus in a race-long dogfight in which the pair was rarely more than a second apart. Force India's Nico Hulkenberg, Lotus' Romain Grosjean and Williams' Bruno Senna took the final points positions.
The main casualty on the first lap was Michael Schumacher, who suffered a right rear puncture when his Mercedes was hit from behind by Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne. Forced to complete most of a lap on a wheel rim before he was able to pit, Schumacher's race was effectively over.
"You don't know every single one in the team and it is hard to speak to each of them, but if there is something published in the press, obviously there might be some concerns back in the factory," Vettel told reporters after winning the race in Noida, outside New Delhi, yesterday.
"But I'm 100 percent behind them, just as they are 100 percent behind me. At the moment, there is nothing to report and I'm very happy with Red Bull racing."
Rumors of a Vettel move gained momentum earlier this month when Felipe Massa signed a one-year contract extension with Ferrari for 2013, raising speculation a big-name replacement was being teed up for the following year.
Vettel has a contract with Red Bull through to the end of 2014, though with conditions on the final year of the deal.
"It could be quite funny now, there is nothing to tell you, nothing I've signed, nothing has changed," Vettel said after his fourth consecutive F1 victory. "It's quite amazing, I don't read that much and it is surprising to get to the circuit where you get all these questions."
Vettel currently leads the championship standings with 240 points. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who finished second yesterday, is the only other driver with a realistic chance to win the championship with 227 points.
Red Bull's Mark Webber was running in second place until lap 48 of the 60 when the failure of his KERS power boost system allowed Alonso to sweep past on the main straight. The Australian then had to fight hard to hold off McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in the closing laps, sneaking into the final podium position by just six tenths of a second.
"It's so demoralizing on that straight with no KERS," Webber said. "I was a moving target really."
McLaren's Jenson Button was fifth, while Ferrari's Felipe Massa held off Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus in a race-long dogfight in which the pair was rarely more than a second apart. Force India's Nico Hulkenberg, Lotus' Romain Grosjean and Williams' Bruno Senna took the final points positions.
The main casualty on the first lap was Michael Schumacher, who suffered a right rear puncture when his Mercedes was hit from behind by Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne. Forced to complete most of a lap on a wheel rim before he was able to pit, Schumacher's race was effectively over.
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