“We spoke together quite early last week. It was good. I think Mark regrets some of the comments he made because they detracted from a great team achievement. Mark's performance was first-class, but it was a victory for the team, just as were the ten before it,” said Horner, according to German news agency SID.
“Every team in the pitlane takes decisions, whether it's Virgin with their chassis with the bigger fuel tank, the F-duct at Sauber or who at Ferrari was allowed to drive with the new exhaust system in Fiorano. You can find a hundred different examples. Unfortunately, with this decision, many emotions came together,” further explained the British manager his decision to hand the front wing to Sebastian Vettel minutes before the qualifying session at Silverstone.
In Virgin's case, the first new chassis with a bigger fuel tank was readied for Timo Glock only, while Lucas di Grassi had to wait a few weeks before he got his. The same situation occurred at BMW Sauber-Ferrari and Ferrari, in the latter case Fernando Alonso being the first one to try out the improved F10 prior to the European Grand Prix, at Valencia.
Back to our story, Horner insisted that Webber will remain committed to Red Bull until the end of 2011 and will not try to find a loophole in his current deal to leave Milton Keynes after this season, as he knows the team is behind him all the way.
“Mark knows the support that he has in this team. And I can't imagine where else he will want to go,” added Horner, who is also a co-owning a GP3 team with Mark Webber in parallel with his F1 duties.
Before this whole wing saga even started, Webber had told the media that he wants to continue his career at Red Bull and it's unlikely that he'll drive for any other team before calling his F1 years off.
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