The race to fill the seat due to become vacant at the end of the year when Mark Webber retires from F1 appeared to be a two-horse affair heading into the Hungarian GP weekend. <img alt="Sebastian Vettel" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jul/Sebastian-Vettel_3.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 646px;" /> Sebastian Vettel But Alonso, despite the fact he has another three years remaining on his Ferrari contract beyond this season, has apparently become a contender alongside Raikkonen and Toro Rosso&rsquo;s Daniel Ricciardo.u00a0Now, Vettel has weighed in. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d prefer Kimi,&rdquo; said Vettel, when asked by the BBC as to his choice between the Finn and the Spaniard. &ldquo;I need to be careful now, but nothing against Fernando. I really respect him a lot as a driver. &ldquo;But I respect Kimi on track, off track, because he has always been very straight with me. From that point of view it would be a bit easier.&rdquo;u00a0

Sebastian Vettel has made it abundantly clear he would prefer Kimi Raikkonen over Fernando Alonso as a future teammate at Red Bull.

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