Sunday September 28th, 2003

Colombian Formula One title challenger Juan Pablo Montoya will stay at Williams next year, technical director Patrick Head said on Saturday.

"We have a contract with Juan until the end of the 2004 season," he said at the US Grand Prix. "And there are no circumstances in which that will not be fulfilled."

Rumours have swept Formula One in Indianapolis, suggesting that Colombian Montoya could move to rivals McLaren next year in a complicated triangular shuffle involving Briton David Coulthard and Jaguar's Australian Mark Webber.

McLaren have confirmed Coulthard for 2004 while Webber has a deal at Jaguar for two more seasons. Nevertheless, there has been speculation that Williams would replace Montoya, who is widely expected to move to McLaren in 2005, with Webber while Coulthard took the latter's place at Ford-owned Jaguar.

"I don't know where it's come from," said Webber of the speculation on Saturday. "I think they're just firing up the managers, keeping an eye on their salaries."

Published at 10:40:33 GMT

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