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The speculation was even pushed along by Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko, who suggested rivals like McLaren and Mercedes have indeed made big-money approaches to the German.<\/p>\nThe big paddock rumour in Hungary is that Mercedes has made a move to sign Sebastian Vettel.<\/p>\n
The speculation was even pushed along by Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko, who suggested rivals like McLaren and Mercedes have indeed made big-money approaches to the German.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know which sources Helmut has, or doesn’t have, but they seem to vary, let’s say,” Vettel smiled on Thursday.<\/p>\n
But at the same time, the 27-year-old did not issue a categorical denial.<\/p>\n
In an interview with F1’s official website, he agreed that “sometimes a change can work miracles”.<\/p>\n
And then Vettel issued a classic diversionary answer.<\/p>\n
“I am focused and busy with what we do here,” he said in Budapest, “because it is not so easy to make progress.”<\/p>\n
Like Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, Vettel is firmly under contract for 2015, but that doesn’t mean offers and approaches are not flying about among the sport’s top teams and drivers.<\/p>\n
“I think any offer has to be considered,” Vettel admitted to reporters, “but nothing has changed.\u00a0 I don’t talk about these things.<\/p>\n
“I am very satisfied in my current team,” he is quoted by Der Spiegel.\u00a0 “At the moment, it’s not a question.”<\/p>\n
But, still, an outright denial that he could be seeking a change of scene sounds different.<\/p>\n
Vettel was asked, for example, if he thinks the Mercedes star is “sexy”.<\/p>\n
“At the moment no,” he is quoted by Bild newspaper, “because it is constantly in front of us.<\/p>\n
“But if stars mean titles, then stars are something great, as a sportsmen should always have the goal to be as high as possible,” Vettel added.<\/p>\n
He even failed to deny that talks with paddock figures like Mercedes’ Toto Wolff or Niki Lauda might be beginning.<\/p>\n
“Today, there are many ways to make contact with someone.\u00a0 We all know each other and it’s not as though I have an unfamiliar face,” said Vettel.<\/p>\n
“There’s lots of ways to contact someone without everyone knowing,” he added.<\/p>\n
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