Last race prediction comes true for Red Bull boss Horner

Earlier this season Horner suggested the fight would go to the final race, and has been proven right as the showdown takes place in Abu Dhabi tomorrow.

A degree of tension has eased given Red Bull won the constructors' championship last Sunday, remarkably doing so in six short years after the team was built from the wreckage of Jaguar's failure.

The focus, however, is now firmly on the drivers, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, who find themselves eight and 15 points adrift of championship leader Fernando Alonso.

The permutations as to what might unfold are many, which is why no-one can call just what will transpire at the Yas Marina circuit for what is undeniably one of the most exciting conclusions to a season in F1 history.

Attempting to manage those tensions that are likely to build within the team as a whole, and on both sides of the garage in particular, is not an easy task.

Taking the situation in his stride, Horner said: "My role, not just with the drivers, but also the engineers, the guys in the garage, throughout the team, is to stay incredibly focused.

"We had an unbelievable weekend last weekend in Brazil. Winning the constructors' was a huge thing for the whole team.

"Now there is pure focus on giving the drivers the best possible support we can going into Sunday's race.

"Obviously it's a different situation for us, compared to Ferrari and McLaren, because we've two guys competing against each other for the biggest prize in motor sport.

"To be honest, I've not seen any difference in them so far. They are focused on the job in hand, they both know to beat Fernando (to the title) they have to finish, and to finish ahead of him."

For Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali, the goal is simple – one driver, one title on the line, with the sole aim of him finishing in the top two.

Such a scenario will ensure Fernando Alonso becomes only the ninth driver in F1 history to win three titles, and the youngest ever to achieve that feat.

For Domenicali, it comes down to several factors as he said: "You need to be lucky, to keep a cool head and to keep that head up.

"We've seen in the past if you react emotionally at the wrong time and in the wrong way during a race because something has happened, then you make mistakes and it is finished."