From GMM
A results clause in Sebastian Vettel's contract means the reigning world champion is unlikely to leave Red Bull at the end of this year.
Having become F1's youngest ever title winner in 2010, the 23-year-old German has been linked with a high profile move to Ferrari with Luca di Montezemolo insisting there is "absolutely nothing" to those rumours.
The Red Bull-owned Speed Week magazine revealed that if Vettel wins a prescribed number of races this year, and finishes the championship in the top three, he will be locked in for 2012.
"There is an option based on the results," Red Bull's Helmut Marko confirmed. "We will not just let a top driver go."
Moreover, as Ferrari's new F150 car was launched at Maranello and successfully debuted by Fernando Alonso at Fiorano, president Montezemolo played down suggestions the reigning world champion could soon switch to the famous Italian team.
"I hope that (the next Ferrari driver) will come from the Ferrari driver academy, because that would mean that he's a top star," he said.
The cream of Ferrari's academy is 21-year-old Frenchman Jules Bianchi, who has been signed as a test driver for 2011.
A results clause in Sebastian Vettel's contract means the reigning world champion is unlikely to leave Red Bull at the end of this year.
Having become F1's youngest ever title winner in 2010, the 23-year-old German has been linked with a high profile move to Ferrari with Luca di Montezemolo insisting there is "absolutely nothing" to those rumours.
The Red Bull-owned Speed Week magazine revealed that if Vettel wins a prescribed number of races this year, and finishes the championship in the top three, he will be locked in for 2012.
"There is an option based on the results," Red Bull's Helmut Marko confirmed. "We will not just let a top driver go."
Moreover, as Ferrari's new F150 car was launched at Maranello and successfully debuted by Fernando Alonso at Fiorano, president Montezemolo played down suggestions the reigning world champion could soon switch to the famous Italian team.
"I hope that (the next Ferrari driver) will come from the Ferrari driver academy, because that would mean that he's a top star," he said.
The cream of Ferrari's academy is 21-year-old Frenchman Jules Bianchi, who has been signed as a test driver for 2011.