Webber says talk of Verstappen taking Piastri's McLaren seat is 'nonsense'

[p]Four-time world champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/verstappen-max/UV3mgeXB/"]Verstappen[/a]'s ‌race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase has already ‌signed a deal to join McLaren ‌when his contract allows, by 2028 at ‌the latest, and the Dutch driver has been unhappy with Red Bull's performance.[/p][p]Verstappen ‌is known to have a ⁠break clause ‌in his contract and continues to be ​linked in media speculation to McLaren, despite them saying they are ​happy with the current pairing of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/piastri-oscar/MqKAIeUf/"]Piastri[/a] and world champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/norris-lando/WSVABbVF/"]Lando Norris[/a].[/p][embed guid="c59d6746-fe03-422f-bf6a-9ad4e199cc9b" url="https://x.com/Planet_F1/status/2074603779052220717" social-type="twitter" /][p]"I've ⁠got a ​contract in place, multiple reassurances that the team are very happy with me and I'm very happy with the ‌team," Piastri said at last weekend's British Grand Prix.[/p][p]Verstappen crashed out of that race and said his car's rear wing was "super-dangerous", with the incident further fuelling speculation about a rift within the team.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/webber-mark/4lCtjA2k/"]Webber[/a] told Racer.com that Piastri was contracted to McLaren "for the foreseeable ‌future".[/p][p][b]"Talk of him agitating to leave ​is nonsense,"[/b] said the former ‌F1 driver.[/p][p][b]"There has been a lot of fiction written about him and other teams... McLaren have repeatedly said they want him for the long ⁠term and ⁠Oscar is ‌focused on that."[/b][/p]