Red Bull’s team boss insists talks about extending Mark Webber’s contract have not yet begun.<\/p>\n
After the Australian driver commandingly won the back-to-back Spanish and Monaco grands prix from pole, the energy drink’s racing adviser Helmut Marko admitted it is “our desire to continue with Vettel and Webber”.<\/p>\n
And on Sunday night, team boss Christian Horner was spotted out for dinner with Webber’s famous manager Flavio Briatore.<\/p>\n
But Horner is quoted by the Sun newspaper as clarifying that no actual negotiations with the 33-year-old world championship leader have yet taken place.<\/p>\n
“The team and Mark are very relaxed about the situation,” said the Briton.<\/p>\n
“He is an important member of the team and he is driving fantastically well.\u00a0 But we have not spoken, and have no real interest in speaking, with any of our drivers.<\/p>\n
“When the time is right, we will sit down and look at the paperwork,” added Horner.<\/p>\n
Webber’s contract runs out at the end of the season, while it is believed Sebastian Vettel’s current deal – announced last August – was for the 2010 and 2011 seasons.<\/p>\n
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