The president of Ferrari, Luca di Montezemolo, on Monday rejected reports that double Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel was set to join the Italian outfit.

"I've always said that I don't want two roosters in the hen-house. I don't like that and it creates instability in the team," he told Italian radio.

Germany's Vettel, currently racing for Red Bull, is the reigning Formula One champion and on Sunday drove to victory in the South Korean Grand Prix, leapfrogging Ferrari's Fernando Alonso at the top of the drivers' standings.

Montezemolo was speaking amid reports that Vettel was set to join Ferrari in 2014 with any move dependent on the team's results next season.

Alonso had sanctioned the move after previously ruling out pairing up with Lewis Hamilton, who will move from McLaren to Mercedes next season, according to unnamed sources at Ferrari quoted by the BBC on its website. The Spaniard won the world title in 2005 and 2006 with Renault but has not finished above second with the Italian team.

Meanwhile, following a recent string of improved results, Felipe Massa is about to learn whether he will continue driving for Ferrari beyond the end of this season.

A day after the Brazilian's fourth-place finish in the Korean Grand Prix, Montezemolo said that he will talk with Massa at length today "and then we'll make a decision."

Massa also finished fourth in the Italian GP last month, then took second in the Japanese GP eight days ago for his first podium result in nearly two years.

Massa hasn't won a race since a life-threatening accident at the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2009 and his contract expires at the end of this year. He is ninth in the drivers' standings.

Vettel heads into the last four races of the season knowing the momentum is with him.

The German, who is chasing his third title on the bounce, sits on top with 215 points, Alonso is on 209 and Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus way back on 167.

"For many months it was something of a real roller-coaster ride, but we finally found our strength again and since Singapore it works," Vettel said, after he and Mark Webber took a Red Bull one-two in South Korea.

"Today the team did everything right, and I didn't do anything stupid - we sure want to keep it that way."

But the 25-year-old said nobody at Red Bull was getting carried away.

"What I think is important is that we have to keep things simple. That means that we have to concentrate on ourselves because we cannot influence what others are doing, and starting mind games now about what others will do in the next races is a waste of energy," he said.

"Lately we had some pretty good races and of course I hope that we will be able to continue in that way. But it is also obvious this season that things can change quite fast, so there is no guarantee that luck will stay on our side. So 'keep on pushing' should be our motto for the last four races."

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