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Haug laughs off Rosberg to Ferrari rumours

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Norbert Haug believes there is no substance to reports that Nico Rosberg will leave Mercedes for Ferrari © Sutton Images
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Mercedes' motorsport boss Norbert Haug has laughed off reports that Nico Rosberg could be set to switch to Ferrari.

Italian magazine Autosprint reported that Ferrari made initial "contact" with Rosberg recently about racing alongside Fernando Alonso next year. Bild newspaper said it believes that, depending on his results at Mercedes this season, the 25-year-old could get out of his contract at the end of 2011.

The German marque's motorsport chief Haug responded: "Last weekend it was the first of May, not the first of April. So this joke is a month too late."

Bild said Rosberg would not comment on the Ferrari reports. But he recently told the DAPD news agency: "I am very happy where I am, I believe in the team and want to go with them to the top."

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