Webber needs to regain focus - Horner
Christian Horner has advised Mark Webber to put his focus back on track.
Red Bull's team boss admitted he was disappointed and surprised with the Australian's comments in Brazil, with Webber suggesting it is "f***ing obvious" that team-mate Sebastian Vettel receives more emotional support at the team.
Speculation is now rife that, despite having signed a 2011 contract, Webber will leave Red Bull at the end of the season.
"If I had a message for him, it would be 'Let's focus on the racing'," said Horner. "Let's get on with it."
He dismissed the histrionics so far this weekend as "mind games" and a push for a favourable team strategy, but advised Webber to instead work hard to beat his team-mate on merit.
"No one wants to be gifted a championship and he owes it to himself to go out and finish the job," said Horner. "He has had a great season winning some of the great races, like Silverstone and Monaco, and he needs to focus on redelivering that kind of form."
Red Bull's championship rivals have pounced on the apparent division, with Fernando Alonso already admitting this weekend that he is happy with the situation.
And McLaren's Jenson Button said: "He [Webber] is obviously all over the place after the last race, binning it, and suddenly he's behind, chasing. He hasn't got the margin anymore and there is a lot going on in his mind, I guess, because of that."
Credit: ESPN F1
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