NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Ferrari denies making Vettel announcement

Ferrari has denied reports it is now officially confirming Sebastian Vettel's 2015 switch.

Ferrari has denied reports it is now officially confirming Sebastian Vettel's 2015 switch.

The world of F1 social media came alight late on Wednesday when a seemingly official Ferrari profile on Twitter announced: "We are proud to welcome Sebastian Vettel as a member of the Ferrari family."

Hours before, Ferrari's actual Twitter account had tantalisingly teased: "Changes are in the air. Something important is going to happen."

But the actual announcement had been made not by Ferrari's official Twitter, but one called 'ScuderiaFerraril' -- with an 'l' at the end rather than an 'i'.

The news, however, was triumphantly reported worldwide by the German news agency DPA.

Ferrari told another German news agency SID: "We have communicated nothing.

"These are rumours in the media that we cannot confirm."

(GMM)