Mateschitz: “Raikkonen candidate for a place in Red Bull”

Kimi Raikkonen is one of the candidates to replace Mark Webber at Red Bull. The owner of the energy drink company, Dietrich Mateschitz, admitted this.

In light of the controversy over the "Multi-21" team order, Red Bull has denied the hypothesis of Webber leaving at the end of the season.

But even Mateschitz, always a supporter of the Australian, admitted that Webber could leave the team when his contract expires at the end of 2013.

“He will choose whether to retire,” Mateschitz told Speed ​​Week. “Mark is a candidate for 2014. He is always welcome with us. As well as a fast young man like Vergne or Ricciardo from Toro Rosso. I'm sorry, I know it's a diplomatic response that leaves everything open, but that's how it is. Everything else is just rumors."

Mateschitz also mentioned Vettel's friend Raikkonen as a possible teammate for the German in 2014.

“Kimi is cold, fast and always a candidate,” said Mateschitz.

According to the German newspaper Bild, Webber has already been contacted by Porsche management, with a view to an engagement to race with the German company's new 2014 car for Le Mans.