Charles Leclerc is “under a lot of pressure” because of Ferrari’s struggles with reliability and strategy blunders so far in 2022. While his fellow Australian is linked with McLaren and up to three other teams for 2023, the latest rumour is that he may in fact be signed up by Dr Helmut Marko’s Red Bull driver program. As a former Red Bull driver, Webber’s links with Marko may become instrumental – with the 45-year-old also closely linked with Red Bull’s likely 2026 engine partner Porsche. “No, no, that’s much too far away,” Webber answered when asked if he might become involved in the Red Bull-Porsche contract. Webber is happier to comment on Red Bull’s fight for the 2022 world championship, as he marvels that Leclerc is a whopping 80 points behind Max Verstappen.

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