Christian Horner has defended Sebastian Vettel, arguing that Mark Webber has also ignored team orders and that champions do not succeed by being “submissive”.<\/p>\n
Now more than a week after the ‘Multi-21’ team orders affair of Malaysia, Red Bull is still dealing with the fallout of the now apparently broken relationship between its race drivers.<\/p>\n
After the Sepang race, furious Australian Webber was heard saying little to his German teammate except ‘Multi-21’ — a code apparently meaning ‘hold station’.<\/p>\n
Team boss Horner told Sky: “Multi-21 means car 2 ahead of car 1; Multi-12 means car 1 ahead of car 2.<\/p>\n
“It’s not that difficult to translate but both our drivers in the last three races have failed to understand both of those messages.<\/p>\n
“I think we’re going to give up on that code.\u00a0 We need to probably try something else,” he said.<\/p>\n
Vettel has reportedly apologised not only to Webber but to every member of Red Bull’s 600-strong staff.<\/p>\n
But Horner insisted: “You don’t win as much as he has by being submissive.<\/p>\n
“If Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton were in that position, they would do the same,” he is quoted by Brazil’s Totalrace.<\/p>\n
“If Mark Webber was in that position, he would as well.\u00a0 So let’s not talk about it like it’s only Sebastian.”<\/p>\n
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