Holding onto the 1-2 on lap 41 of the Turkish GP, Sebastian Vettel decided it was time to challenge his team-mate Mark Webber for the lead. The two, though, touched, sending Vettel into retirement, Webber into the pits for repairs, and Horner into a well of despair.
"From a team perspective I'm really disappointed because the team had done everything right - we'd out-strategied the McLarens, who were strong today," the Red Bull team boss told the BBC.
"To see both cars touch each other was really disappointing.
"I've spoken to Sebastian, he got a run and they should never had been where they were. It's really disappointing for the team - it's cost them a lot of points.
"The priority is to beat the other teams and today we handed 43 points on a plate to McLaren.
The team really deserved to win this race. We need to sit down, go through it and come back stronger at the next event."
Red Bull have a policy of always allowing their drivers to race, neither Webber nor Vettel holding number one status within the team. I exchange for that, Horner says all he asks for it a bit of courtesy from both when racing each other.
"What we always ask is that the drivers give each other room," he said.
"Today neither yielded, and the result was the team losing a lot of points, Mark losing a lots of points and Sebastian losing a lot of points - the net result is everybody loses.
"We saw today with Jenson [Button] and Lewis [Hamilton], they raced each other and they gave each other space, and that's what we ask."
Source: Planet-F1
