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Horner: Webber call was a bit short notice

Christian Horner insists he only found out that Mark Webber was to leave Red Bull Racing shortly before news broke that the Australian had elected to quit F1.Although the initial speculation linking Webber with a move to Porsche's new sportscar programme has been on-going for some time, official confirmation only arrived on Thursday morning when Porsche named the 36-year-old as the fourth driver for its LMP1 programme.Red Bull issued a statement of its own later in the day wishing Webber all the best in his new drive, with Horner then revealing that he hadn't known the deal was done until shortly before the news broke."I had a call from Mark at about 9 o'clock and I spoke to him and...
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