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Mark Webber has told Christan Horner that he wants to stay at Red Bull next season © Getty Images

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Mark Webber will have to wait until later this year for Red Bull to discuss his future at the team, despite telling team principal Christian Horner he wants to stay for another season.

Webber had previously said that any future decision would be based on his motivation to continue racing in Formula One, and as a result the agreement between himself and Red Bull has been to extend his contract on a yearly basis. Horner said that Webber had informed him he wanted to continue next season, but said no talks would take place until later in the year.

"Mark's made it clear he wants to drive next year," Horner said. "With regard to points, Mark has had the best start to a campaign in his career in Formula One to date. However, he has struggled with the new Pirelli tyres, but he is working hard to get to grips with that. He is still a fierce competitor and pushing very hard, as we saw in Barcelona a few weeks ago when he achieved his first pole position of the year.

"As far as the future is concerned, at this stage in his career we have agreed to take one step at a time, and at the appropriate time we will sit down and talk about that future. We've only competed in six grands prix out of probably 19, so some time later in the summer we will discuss next year."

Despite appearing reluctant to tie Webber down to a new deal any time soon, Horner said the team was happy with his performances and that any new contract would be easy to agree.

"At the end of the day it's down to the team and Mark to continue our relationship. We have wanted to see whether he has the motivation and desire that he clearly has. As I say, he's had these issues with the tyres he's working hard to get on top of, but we're very happy with him within the team. Should we sit down, then conversations with him tend to be straightforward."

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