Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait. Now, this is what happpens, right? This is what happens when for the first time the other folks hop on the podium’s highest step. Not a good feeling, we know, but no need to worry, right, Seb? After theHungaroring race both Vettel and Webber called for a Collective Red Bull rethink. “I’m not happy”, said Vettel after the flag “This is a missed chance”. Christian Hornerdidn’t like this, not one bit. It’s all of one and one for all.

But Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told BBC Sport: “We work as a team and the drivers don’t need to tell the team we need to respond. ”Ferrari and McLaren are going through a competitive phase but we’re still right there. We’re pushing flat out.” Vettel stormed to victory in six out of the first eight races but his progress has been slowed as Ferrari and McLaren have improved their pace in the races to close the gap on Red Bull. Fernando Alonso won in Britain for Ferrari, with McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button taking a victory apiece in Germany and Hungary. While it appears that Red Bull’s period of dominance is over, Horner does not accept that the tide has turned against the champion team.

“We don’t look at it like that,” said Horner. “We need to keep doing the best job we can and keep getting developments to the car. ”If you look at all the races this year, I don’t think there’s any races that we’ve run away and hugely dominated.Operationally we’ve been very, very sharp and we’ve extracted the best from the car on a grand prix weekend and that’s where the team has been very strong this year. These tyres are very complicated but the one thing that has been consistent is Red Bull running at the front.”

Going into Formula 1′s summer break, Red Bull are 103 points clear of McLaren in the team standings. But Horner ruled out taking a more cautious approach in the final eight races to ensure the team bring both titles back to their Milton Keynes factory for the second season running.

“Nothing changes in our philosophy,” said Horner. “We’ll keep pushing, keep attacking every single grand prix because you cannot back off. ”As soon as you start looking to consolidate that is when you make mistakes.