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Christian Horner: "Mark enjoys being within the team, he is happy here and we are happy with him" © Getty Images

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Christian Horner says that Mark Webber is happy at Red Bull and is not concerned by fresh rumours linking him with a move to Ferrari.

With Felipe Massa out of contract at the end of this season and Webber at a stage of his career when he only signs one-year deals, reports at Mugello suggested that he would switch to Ferrari in 2013. While Webber himself insisted that he had yet to think about next season, Horner said that he was unconcerned and expected to discuss an extension to Webber's Red Bull contract later in the year.

"Every spring seems to be a reciprocal thing that Mark is going to Ferrari," Horner told Autosport. "He is not wearing red overalls. I think it is inevitable, almost every driver in the pitlane has been linked alongside Fernando [Alonso] next year, but we are focused on ourselves.

"Mark enjoys being within the team, he is happy here and we are happy with him. At the relevant time later in the year we will sit down and talk about the future as we have done in previous seasons. It's something we will talk about later in the year. I'm not aware of any discussion. I think Mark is happy where he is, he is in a strong position here, but inevitably it's part of this business that there is speculation."

Horner also said that he wants to see Webber continuing to be more competitive against his team-mate Sebastian Vettel this year and challenge for the title.

"Mark has driven very well at the first few races. He has been settled in the car, turned up with a different approach this year which has been evident and he's in good shape. Four fourths... obviously we would dearly like to see him on the podium but they are vital points and he has driven very strongly. For sure he can put a very strong campaign together.

"I think it is good they push each other, it brings the best out of Sebastian as well. You want team-mates to keep raising the bar. There is a good dynamic between the two of them; they have pushed each other and the car hard, which is what you want."

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