Bernie Ecclestone has fueled speculation about Sebastian Vettel’s future by predicting a switch to Ferrari for the new world champion.<\/p>\n
The F1 chief executive is famously close to 23-year-old Vettel, who at Valencia on Tuesday worked hard to ease the rumours about his Red Bull contract and links to Ferrari and Mercedes.<\/p>\n
“Yes, Sebastian will drive for Ferrari one day,” Ecclestone told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.<\/p>\n
The 80-year-old Briton denied that his prediction was merely to appeal to the newspaper’s Italian readers.<\/p>\n
“No, I really think so,” he insisted.\u00a0 “Ferrari is really something special — it’s like an opera singer who wants to sing in the best and biggest theatre.”<\/p>\n
Team boss Christian Horner said on Tuesday that he hopes Red Bull and Vettel stay together for “years to come”, but Vettel did not want to look too far ahead.<\/p>\n
“If you’re asked where you see yourself in five or ten years then for all of us it’s a difficult question,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n
It has been reported that if Red Bull finishes outside the top three this year, he will be free to switch to another team.<\/p>\n
Horner refused to confirm those reports, but Michael Schumacher told a German newspaper this week that Mercedes would be mad not to consider an approach.<\/p>\n
“Firmly, there are no negotiations in place whatsoever,” insisted the German marque’s Norbert Haug.\u00a0 “What will happen in a couple of years’ time?\u00a0 Who knows.”<\/p>\n
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