McLaren are keen on poaching Sebastian Vettel once his Red Bull contract expires at the end of 2012, according to team principal, Martin Whitmarsh.
The Brit criticised the young German for his coming together with Mark Webber in Turkey. He told Sport Bild that he believed Vettel was “95% at fault”.
He also nicknamed Vettel the ‘crash-kid’ after his collision with Jenson Button in Belgium.
Despite this, Whitmarsh admitted the McLaren team attempted to sign him when he was with Toro Rosso, only for the deal to be vetoed by Red Bull.
“I am open and honest enough to admit it. Sebastian is one of the great and promising talents, and we at McLaren wanted to have him,” he said. “We were not able to sign him at that time.”
Whilst Red Bull may have got to him first, Whitmarsh still hopes to approach him once his tenure with the Milton Keynes based team has ended.
“If he continues to develop so fantastically, then at the end of his contract I will try once again to get him.”
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