Dietrich Mateschitz on Tuesday said Red Bull will let Sebastian Vettel go if the new world champion wants to switch to a rival team.<\/p>\n
Since securing the 2010 title, German Vettel has been quoted on numerous occasions admitting he would like to one day race for fabled Ferrari or Mercedes.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old is under contract only for 2011, while the precise terms of his ‘option’ for 2012 are not definitively known.<\/p>\n
“Whether we ‘fear’ losing him is not the terminology we would use,” Red Bull mogul Mateschitz is quoted by SID news agency.<\/p>\n
“As long as Sebastian is comfortable with us and has a winning car, he will probably not really think about going elsewhere.”<\/p>\n
But the Austrian billionaire acknowledged Vettel’s recent musings about the sport’s famous marques.<\/p>\n
“If he tells us one day he wants to go to Ferrari or Mercedes, we would have to understand,” said Mateschitz.\u00a0 “There are more mothers with beautiful daughters — we would let him go.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Mateschitz insists Vettel’s teammate Mark Webber will enjoy absolute equality in 2011, after the Australian said recently he foresees a longer tenure with the energy drink-owned team.<\/p>\n
“Mark’s personality is different but he is as good as Sebastian.\u00a0 They are both excellent warriors who can both win the war,” he added.<\/p>\n
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