Both Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber have already signed one-year contract extensions for the 2010 season, yet Raikkonen's potential signing with the team could have caused the Aussie driver to be demoted to Red Bull's sister team Toro Rosso. That's now out of the question, insisted Horner, who is looking forward to seeing both RBR drivers on the next year grid following their great success in 2009.
“That's a rumor that does not exist within our team. We all know where we stand with Mark next year, and he does too. He's a great team player, we're very happy with his performance, so there is no doubt that Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber will be our race drivers next year,” said Horner following Webber's win in Brazil.
So far, Webber and Vettel have scored 5 Grand Prix wins for the Milton Keynes based team, which coincide with the only 5 wins in the history of the team. While Vettel was triumphant in China, Great Britain and Japan, Webber scored the only 2 wins in his career at the Nurburgring and this past weekend, at Interlagos.
Consequently, being the second winningest team in the 2009 F1 classification, Red Bull secured the runner-up spot in the constructors' standings, having scored almost double the number of points as compared to 3rd placed McLaren Mercedes.
As for Raikkonen, the Finn is already believed to have inked a deal with McLaren Mercedes, although the latest media reports show that Toyota have also thrown themselves into the mix with a concrete money offer for the 2007 Formula One champion.
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