Kimi Raikkonen has refused to be drawn into discussing his future, saying those talking about it have "very little understanding" about the situation.
Raikkonen's deal expires at the end of the current season, meaning he is once again the subject of intense speculation about his future. Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne has told Raikkonen to prove he deserves another extension with his performances on track, which have tailed off in recent races.
The Finn brushed off the talk in Austria, saying it is no surprise to find himself the subject of such rumours for the third year in a row.
When asked flatly if he will be at Ferrari in 2017, he said: "I don't know. I have a contract for this year and I don't know what will happen next year. There's always a lot of talk every year, since I got to Formula One it's the same story, it's nothing new and people talk a lot all the time. But people can say whatever they want, they have very, very little understanding of what's really going on.
"If I was making all the decisions it would very easy to know what I would do, but I don't. we try to do our best and for sure the team knows my side of the story and that's enough for me. I have no interest in talking about it here or anywhere else, apart from with the team."
Ferrari is still searching for its first win of 2016 and has four races before the summer break to claw itself back into the title fight. Raikkonen is 60 points behind championship leader Nico Rosberg but does not think the title will be won or lost in the next four races.
"Obviously we'll try to get as many as we can, but there's a long way to go until the end of the season. It's an important month, a lot of things can happen. The point is to come to the races and score as many points as we can. There's no need to make any plans, we'll come to the races like normal and do the best we can."