( CNN ) -- Has there ever been a rivalry in a sporting team quite like the one between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber ? Their fractious , not to say poisonous , relationship reached a new low on Sunday , after the three-time world champion ignored Red Bull team orders to snatch victory from Australian Webber at the Malaysian Grand Prix . With another three weeks before the next grand prix -- the Chinese GP on April 14 -- Webber plans to going surfing as he reflects on his treatment by Vettel and his place in the Red Bull hierarchy . `` I 'll be catching a few waves on my surfboard and reflecting on everything that 's happened , '' Webber told reporters . `` There were a lot of things going through my head in those closing laps , '' he said . `` Not just from today , but from the past as well . '' The past probably includes the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix , a race in which Webber was flying when , on the verge of a hat-trick of wins , he and Vettel famously crashed -- leading to a sense of ill feeling within the team . Despite protestations in public to say otherwise from team principal Christian Horner , the frustration for Webber is that he is very much the team 's understudy . Vettel has long been nurtured by Helmut Marko , titled a motorsport consultant at Red Bull but widely regarded as the eyes , ears and mouth piece of team owner Dietrich Mateschitz , and a figure Webber has not always seen eye to eye with . `` Seb made his own decisions and will have protection as usual , '' continued Webber after Sunday 's race , a not too subtle reference to the Australian 's apparent place in the Red Bull pecking order . `` It 's something that Sebastian has apologized for and it 's something that we will discuss internally as a team , '' added Horner , who in February at the launch of the RB9 had insisted : `` As a team we will do the very best we can to support both drivers . '' But former McLaren driver John Watson went so far as to say that Red Bull should suspend Vettel for one race . `` If Christian Horner does n't reassert his authority in the team -- because he has been totally subjugated by Sebastian Vettel yesterday -- then his position in the team is not exactly the role it is designed to be , '' Watson told BBC Radio on Monday . `` The only conclusion I can reach is that Vettel should be suspended for the next grand prix . `` You ca n't take the points away from him and give them to Mark Webber - that 's now history and Sebastian has the benefit of those seven additional points . '' After the event , Vettel was apologetic , suggesting the incident had been a misunderstanding rather than a direct violation of team orders . `` I did n't mean to and I apologize , `` Vettel told reporters . `` I 'm not happy I 've won , I made a mistake and if I could undo it I would . It 's not easy right now and I owe apologies to Mark and the team . '' The Malaysia Grand Prix also raised more questions about the very essence of the sport with teams handing down orders to drivers rather than allowing them to race . While Vettel ignored a call to stay behind his teammate Webber , Lewis Hamilton benefited from team orders . The 2008 world champion claimed his first podium finish for Mercedes after colleague Nico Rosberg was told not to attack him as both drivers were seeking to maintain their cars . Team orders have long been a controversial part of F1 , and were banned in 2002 . However , that rule was dropped in 2011 after it became apparent that teams were finding ways around it .
Sebastian Vettel defies team orders to pass and claim first win of 2013 . German apologized to teammate Mark Webber , who was leading the race . Former McLaren driver John Watson calls on Red Bull to suspend Vettel for one race .