Local hero Webber fends off retirement talk

Mark Webber was a trifle bemused at Albert Park on Thursday to find himself having to take time out from his focus on winning for Red Bull in his homeland to fend off rumours of possible retirement at the end of the year.

Sources quoted rival Lewis Hamilton as saying he thought Webber might consider quitting Formula One racing at the end of 2010, if he were able to land this season’s drivers’ championship. Webber, however, insists he has no such thoughts right now…