F1: I Want To Stay At Williams Says Barrichello

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F1: I Want To Stay At Williams Says Barrichello

Rubens Barrichello is playing down reports that he's ready to retire...

Adam Cooper | http://www.speedtv.com | Posted August 05, 2011 Balen (BEL)

Rubens Barrichello's contract runs out at the end of this season. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Rubens Barrichello has used Twitter to respond to doubts about his future at Williams.

The Brazilian is out of a contract at the end of this season, and has yet to conclude a deal with his current team.

However, he denies media suggestions that he wants to retire.

“I saw some news saying that I wanted to stop racing,” he wrote on Friday. “Makes me laugh really. All I want is to carry on racing.

“Working double hard to have a good car for next year. Problems do exist and we are here to solve them. Williams need me as much as I need them.

“And to be honest I told Williams that if they offered me a 2 years contract that I would sign right now.”

Adam Cooper notched up his 26th season as a racing journalist in 2010. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.