Jul.24 (GMM) Christian Horner on Sunday said he thinks Red Bull will be better next weekend in Hungary.

Championship leader Sebastian Vettel ended his 15-race run of front row berths at the Nurburgring, while pole sitter Mark Webber was the team's best finisher with third.

"Yes, it's been interesting," said team boss Horner, referring to Fernando Alonso's win at Silverstone two weeks ago, and Lewis Hamilton's in Germany.

"It's been Ferrari one race, the next McLaren -- and the constant factor is Red Bull. Hopefully now we'll get a few tracks that should be good for us," he told German Sky television.

Confirmed Australian Webber: "The car should go ok in Budapest. It should be better than this track for us."

In post-race news, Sebastien Buemi has been handed a five-place grid penalty for Hungary for his crash with Nick Heidfeld.

But there is also bad news for German Heidfeld, who will have to hand over his Renault to test driver Bruno Senna on Friday morning at the Hungaroring.

Meanwhile, Alonso will keep his second place on Sunday despite fears his stricken Ferrari might not have contained the mandatory one litre of fuel for the scrutineering checks.

And he has also not been penalised for hitching what he described as a "taxi" ride back to parc ferme on his friend Webber's Red Bull engine cover.

"They are friends and it would have been a long walk back," grinned Horner.

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