Mark Webber has warned he will quit formula one if he cannot find a top seat for 2013.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old Australian is the only prominent member of the leading Red Bull team who does not currently have a contract beyond this season.<\/p>\n
It is rumoured Dr Helmut Marko wants to replace him for 2013 with either Daniel Ricciardo or Jean-Eric Vergne, triggering rumours Webber could be a potential replacement for Felipe Massa at Ferrari.<\/p>\n
“The only possibility is if Massa decides to leave Ferrari, or Ferrari decides to leave Massa.\u00a0 There could maybe be an opening there,” 1980 world champion Alan Jones told GMM.<\/p>\n
But if Red Bull and Ferrari both pass up Webber, his options for 2013 appear limited.<\/p>\n
“I’d need something competitive,” Webber told the Australian news agency AAP on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He warned that he would not consider sliding down the grid to a less competitive team.<\/p>\n
“It’s pretty clear that I’ve earned my stripes on the way through so I won’t be doing that on the other side — going the other way,” said Webber.<\/p>\n
“Being competitive, being at the front, is certainly a big, big factor of me staying very hungry and motivated.”<\/p>\n
And so hungry is the 2011 Brazilian grand prix winner that, according to F1’s official website, the already-lean and tall Webber has lost weight ahead of this season.<\/p>\n
“I am no light version — I’ve just lost some kilos, that’s all,” he confirmed.<\/p>\n
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