Red Bull boss Christian Horner yesterday offered to hold a second round of clear-the-air talks with his warring drivers in a bid to put to bed the team's row over favouritism.

British Grand Prix winner Mark Webber was fuming after a decision was made to remove a new front wing design from his car - and hand it to his German team-mate Sebastian Vettel just minutes before Saturday's qualifying.

Australian Webber won Sunday's race convincingly, but made his feelings clear afterwards when he quipped, on the team radio, that his efforts were "not bad for a number two driver."

But team boss Christian Horner moved swiftly, again, to play down the significance of Webber's comments and promised more talks to ensure harmony in his team.

Horner said: "He is an important part of the team and he has delivered his bit as every other individual has done.

"Of course, we will talk about it. If the air needs to be cleared, it will be cleared. But, he has been around long enough to know that as a sportsman difficult decisions have to be made."

Webber, 33, who secured the fifth win of his career with a dominant drive from second on the grid to victory, said he would not have extended his contract with the team if he had known he would be treated in the way he was on Saturday.

It was not the first whiff of favouritism within the team.

That came earlier in the year when Horner appeared to support Vettel after the 23-year-old had collided with Webber at the Turkish GP in an incident that cost the team a possible one-two finish.

Horner, 36, said: "Webber has driven for this team for four seasons. He knows the depth of commitment that, as an independent team, this team has put in to get two cars at the front of the grid."

Horner stood by his controversial decision to give Vettel Webber's front wing part, insisting it was the correct and most logical thing to do.

He said: "We found ourselves in a situation we didn't want to be in with one wing, that we wanted to run - and whichever side of the garage it was going to go to, one side was going to be unhappy.

"Mark was upset about the decision, and I can only imagine that he was disappointed he didn't get the wing but I can't cut it in half.

"So, I had to apply that logic, and I will stand by that logic, and we will stand by that at the next event, should we find ourselves in the same situation... the fairest way that I could see was to look at championship position.

"If that happens at the next race, where I sincerely hope we won't be in a situation where we will only have one component, whatever it may be, the same rules will apply."

Horner also played down Webber's post-race quip.

"Mark is king of the one-liners - as we all know," he said.

"I think the biggest thing is that he has won the British Grand Prix and I am more than happy with his drive."