It was at a time where after the summer break, knowing Sebastian as well as I do, I could see he was very distracted and it was obvious something was at the back of his mind.
"And I think Ferrari were courting him quite hard and around Spa/Monza was the time he made the decision to do something different next year."
Horner said he was "not really" surprised Vettel decided to leave and move to Ferrari as a replacement for Fernando Alonso, who negotiated an early exit from his contract.
Horner said he believed Vettel had made a final decision on his future between the Italian and Singapore races in September.
"By the time he got to Singapore you could see he was a different person," Horner said.
"He was more relaxed and you could see he had made his mind up, but events had to unfold through Fernando actually leaving Ferrari. So, no, it wasn't a great surprise in the end.
It was at a time where after the summer break, knowing Sebastian as well as I do, I could see he was very distracted and it was obvious something was at the back of his mind.
"And I think Ferrari were courting him quite hard and around Spa/Monza was the time he made the decision to do something different next year."
Horner said he was "not really" surprised Vettel decided to leave and move to Ferrari as a replacement for Fernando Alonso, who negotiated an early exit from his contract.
Horner said he believed Vettel had made a final decision on his future between the Italian and Singapore races in September.
"By the time he got to Singapore you could see he was a different person," Horner said.
"He was more relaxed and you could see he had made his mind up, but events had to unfold through Fernando actually leaving Ferrari. So, no, it wasn't a great surprise in the end.
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