"That's not true," he said.
"We are a team. Christian has his part and I have my part."
But the pecking order became clear when he said: "I'm director of Red Bull Racing together with Christian and Mateschitz. Everything from the team comes to me and I filter it and if necessary bring it to the boss, so I make the final decisions."
Horner countered: "First of all, the drivers need the team.
"Is my leadership undermined? I don't think so. I think it's a healthy rivalry, even though they took things into their own hands [in Malaysia]. What's happened has happened."
That barely answered the real question: whether he has lost control of his star driver.
"I don't think Sebastian for one moment thinks he runs the team," Horner responded.
But what's crystal clear is that Vettel has zero respect for Webber and he will continue to act as he pleases in any given situation.
And that not just Horner, but the faithful Marko too, can do nothing about it. The Independent