Following their 1-2 finish in Brazil on Sunday afternoon, which went in Sebastian Vettel's favour, the Red Bull duo have closed up on Fernando Alonso in the race for the World title.Alonso is still leading the hunt, although his advantage over Webber is only eight points while Vettel is a further seven off the pace.
However, should the trio finish in Abu Dhabi as they did in Brazil, Webber and Vettel would be tied on 256 points and Alonso would take the title, five ahead of the Bulls.
But, should Vettel move aside for Webber, the Aussie would win the title by two points over Alonso. Vettel would be 14 behind his team-mate.
Horner, though, is adamant Red Bull will not impose orders on Vettel, although he concedes it is up to his drivers to make the final decision.
"I don't think there are any difficult decisions to be made," Horner said about the situation.
"We have two drivers that drive for the team, who have had tremendous support and equality this year. It would have been wrong to switch the drivers (in Brazil), as both drivers have the chance of winning the World Championship.
"Nobody has a crystal ball, nobody can foresee what will happen next weekend and all along we have tried to do the best to support them equally.
"And of course if they find themselves in a situation where one, because he cannot win, needs to help the other then of course I can only imagine that they will do that. But it will have to be a driver decision.
"You only have to look at the characters of the individuals that drive for us to recognise that they will do the best to ensure the best team results."
Pressed as to whether he was sure Vettel would do right by Webber if he was leading his team-mate and Alonso was third, Horner said: "Ultimately it is their decision. They both drive for the team and I know that they will both do the best that they can in that situation, should it arise, for the team.
"Nobody has a crystal ball and nobody can predict what will happen in a week's time. Both drivers go into the race weekend with a genuine chance of taking the World title."
As for the team, Horner insisted that despite claims from Webber that Red Bull favour his team-mate, "we will back both drivers equally and both drivers drive for the team.
"They will do whatever is right I am sure, at the end of the day, for the team. I have zero doubt about that. Had that situation occurred today, if Fernando had been ahead, then of course Sebastian would have done what was right for the team.
"But that was not the situation. Both drivers have taken valuable points off Fernando and both go into Abu Dhabi eight points and 15 respectively behind - which in today's scoring we have seen can change quite quickly."
Source: Planet-F1
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