Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and Red Bull boss Christian Horner have been discussing methods to motivate the second driver in a team.

Referring to Red Bull specifically, the 2010 and soon to be 2011 World champion Sebastian Vettel is clearly the No.1 driver in the team, with Mark Webber playing second fiddle.

This is the same throughout Formula 1 and both Ecclestone and Horner have their views on how to deal with the situation, as this snippet from their interview with the official Formula1 shows.

Q: Christian, in light of Sebastian’s dominance how difficult is it to motivate your second driver Mark Webber?

CH: Well, he’s still motivated enough to beat anybody except Sebastian.

BE: That Sebastian is better than Mark we know by now. But who is there who is better than Mark?

Q: From the current standings, you’d have to conclude Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso…

BE: There you have it. I think it is not right to belittle Mark. In context, driving with Sebastian, he hasn’t got the easiest of jobs, because in my view Sebastian is the best driver on the grid right now…

CH: And it seems all too convenient to underestimate Mark when comparing him against Seb. But that is definitely a huge mistake. Mark is undervalued right now.

Q: Bernie, how would you motivate your second driver?

BE: I would offer him more money.

CH: That is not good advice. (laughs) And let’s get this straight… how many drivers did you pay more to when you were team principal of Brabham?

BE: They didn’t even earn big as number-one drivers…

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