Unless Horton has said to him before he signed you've got this long and you need to at least score this etc...Then fair enough! He needs a few meetings to get used to the track or Harris to set up his bike for him!
I'm often wrong so it was a quick lesson to learn! I like debating with people as long as personal insults don't come into it or trying to dictate what you should/shouldn't talk about.
What, you never apologise? I think it is the sensible thing to do when you have been proved wrong. C'mon Starman, it's just a few words. You can do it!