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Haug denies Raikkonen switch

Mercedes' Norbert Haug has added his two cents to speculation that Kimi Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher will trade places in F1 pitlane for the 2007 season. The German, who admittedly met with Ferrari's seven time world champion - twice - in Hungary and Turkey, finally stumped up with an elusive denial.

"Nothing about what has been said is true," Haug told the SID agency, before adding: "Kimi has not signed a preliminary agreement with Ferrari."

If untrue, then, where did all the speculation - supported by reliable sources - come from? It is no real secret that Ferrari's budget has taken a recent wallop, and concurrently that Willi Weber - Schumacher's agent - is on a hunt to boost his charge's annual retainer for a 2007 deal.

Talking to McLaren, then, might convince Ferrari that they should do everything to retain F1's most successful driver. Or maybe it's a smokescreen for 2007 retirement.

Norbert Haug admits that he met Schumacher in the Turkish and Hungarian paddocks. "But we've met hundreds of times," he insisted.

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