Christian Horner says he will give both his drivers an equal chance of going for the title, despite one being in a stronger position than the other.
The Milton Keynes based teams tactics have come under scrutiny on many occasions this year, first of all in Turkey when Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel came together, ending the latter’s race.
The team blamed Webber for the incident before striking it off as a racing incident in which nobody was at fault.
The next incident happened when Vettel’s front-wing broke during the British GP weekend. The team therefore removed Webber’s updated wing and gave it to Vettel for qualifying and the race, leaving Webber, who won the race, with the older version.
The Australian radioed his team at the end of the race and exclaimed, “not bad for a number two driver,” creating further tension.
Horner though, has insisted both drivers are equal and will be supported equally in the final few races.
“It’s not correct as we’ve always said, for us to favour one driver over the other,” he said in an interview which can be seen in full below.
“The team will support both drivers as equally as we can, we will give both drivers as good a chance as we can to win this championship.”
The team principal swiftly moved on to discuss the upcoming Korean GP, and expressed some concern over the layout which features the longest straight on the calendar.
“Looking at the track layout you’d have to say, with the longest straight on the calendar, that section will be tough for us with the package we have, but sectors two and three have quite a lot of corners and fast flowing corners which should suit our chassis strenghts.
“I guess with the strengths and weaknesses we have, we should be competitive there,” he added.
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