Red Bull Racing boss, Christian Horner, doesn’t feel that either of his drivers is more to blame than the other one after a coming-together in Sunday’s Turkish Grand-Prix cost the team 28 points and a potential 1-2 finish.
It was confirmed by the Milton Keynes outfit that Mark Webber had been instructed to “turn his engine down” to a more fuel-effective setting which allowed his team-mate to out-pace him down the straight. Horner believes that from this point, the drivers should have given each other enough space to avoid the collision.
“We saw the McLarens racing each other and giving themselves a bit more room,” he said. “We’ve seen drivers racing each other previously in Malaysia – which springs to mind as a recent race and they are usually very, very good at giving each other room. Today, for whatever reason, that didn’t happen.”
When quizzed on which driver’s door the blame fell, ever the politician, Christian split the cause of the incident down the middle explaining that Mark, “put Sebastian on the dirty side, [and] gave him just enough room,” and yet, “Sebastian came across obviously quite aggressively.”
Both drivers were quick to blame each other after the race, however, Horner was confident that there will be no lingering angst between his drivers.
“I’ve spoken to both drivers. They are both grown ups, they are both big boys, they are both competitors, and the most important thing is that we have given away a load of points today. It must not happen again. They must learn from it.”
Christian was quick to rubbish rumours that Red Bull Racing were possibly fighting Sebastian Vettel’s corner and insisted that, “Both our drivers are treated absolutely equally.”
“They both have the same equipment, they both have the same opportunity. That is a policy we operate and that is the way that the team is.”
