Anthony Davidson predicts Red Bull team orders if Mark Webber runs ahead of Sebastian Vettel in the Korean GP

Sky Sports F1's Anthony Davidson believes it is likely that Red Bull will impose team orders on Mark Webber to hand victory of the Korean GP to Sebastian Vettel even if the Australian converts his pole into the lead on Sunday.

Nonetheless, even if Webber leads the field away and opens up a comfortable lead of the race, Anthony suspects that the Red Bull pitwall will at some stage start to consider the wider implications of the title race if Vettel is running in second. Although Webber remains in mathematical championship contention - he goes into the race 60 points adrift of Fernando Alonso - Red Bull's realistic hopes of a third successive drivers' title remain firmly with Vettel, who will claim the overall points lead should he win on Sunday. "In terms of the race, in terms of the championship, I would be surprised if the two Red Bulls were to get away and if it was Webber who was leading Vettel, even by quite a large margin, I would be very surprised if they didn't swap the cars come the end," Anthony predicted. That suggestion has, however, been firmly rebuffed by Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner who insisted to Sky Sports News that Webber will have an equal chance to win. Asked by Rachel if the team would impose orders to favour their main title hope Vettel, Horner replied: "No. Both drivers are free to race. "We ask that they give each other space and the target is for both of them to beat Fernando [Alonso] and score as many points [as possible] in the Constructors' Championship. "So the target very clearly for the two of them is to maximise the points for the team tomorrow." Indeed, Horner believes that the RB8 should remain competitive enough in race trim for the team to achieve that particular aim. "The race is a different kettle of fish but both drivers seem pretty happy with their car, they both seem pretty confident on the long runs," he added. "We will see. Strategy's going to be crucial. Tyre strategy, tyre wear is a key factor. We believe we're in reasonable shape but you never know until tomorrow afternoon." Yet on the back of the picture from Friday afternoon's practice session, when McLaren and Ferrari appeared to hold a slight edge over the long runs on the Champions, some observers have suggested Webber and Vettel might not have the race all their own way. "The truth is we don't [know how much fuel Red Bull were running] but in these cars ten kilos round this track is four tenths for every single lap," Davidson observed. "So if they were running ten kilos less there's your four tenths every single lap which we saw. "But ultimately it looked pretty close between all of them so that's all we can go on at the moment. What we've seen so far all signs point to the fact that the Red Bull had the speed over the competition in qualifying...but the race pace I think is a different story." We shall see.