Can't remember who said it, but someone made the point that this is a problem of the team principal being an employee. Horner is basically just working for Mateschitz back in Austria.phil1993 wrote:The F1 community's perspective on Vettel won't change too much. A lot already rate Alonso and Hamilton as superior. This merely adds to their ammunition.tderias wrote:Gotta disagree on that being the main point. The main point is what Sebastian has done and how that has affected the F1 community's perspective towards him. With Horner, Marko, and Mateschitz in the picture, it was always vague who's really in charge. And then we hear Seb saying 'Mark is too slow, get him outta the way', and you get the feeling that he's running the RB show...phil1993 wrote:Everyone's missing the main point here.
Irrespective of the Vettel-Webber issue, the more important fact is that Vettel has undermined Horner.
Team principals don't hold Horner with huge respect. Part of that is the dominance, part of that is because he's in Bernie's pocket, but part of that is because he is weak. This latest issue undermines him further and weakens Red Bull's position in political discussions.
It has hugely weakened Horner's position. He is not in charge. Who is?
Horner was so weak that race. When he said 'this is silly Seb, come on' he sounded like a supply teacher with no control of the class. Compare with how Brawn slapped down Rosberg. Horner should have said clearly and forcefully 'do not pass Mark'. Just saying 'this is silly', Vettel could turn around and say (like he did) I didn't realise he didn't want me to pass. If he said 'do not pass' Vettel would have no excuse.