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Gasly, 23, graduated to the former Formula One
world champions this season from sister outfit Toro Rosso but
has been off the pace in comparison to his 21-year-old team mate
Max Verstappen.
While the Dutch youngster won the last race in Austria at the
end of June, despite dropping seven places at the start, Gasly
was seventh and lapped.
"That was a very tough moment for him," Horner told reporters
ahead of this weekend's British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
"You could see he was quite emotional at the end of it because
he's got himself into a situation where the harder he's trying,
the slower he goes.
"We know what he's capable of as a driver, which is a long way
beyond what we've seen so far," added the Briton.
Gasly's best result in nine races this season was a fifth in
Monaco. Verstappen has been on the podium three times and
finished fourth on a further five occasions.
Horner said Gasly just needed to turn the page and gain
confidence. He said there had been 'good bits and some
disappointing bits' so far.
"Obviously there's an awful lot of scrutiny on him at the
moment, an awful lot of speculation about how long his future
will be," he said. "But as a team he has our full support, we're
doing our best to work with him.
"(He should) not focus too much on the data and try to be
perfect, and just drive the car and ignore his team mate. That's
my advice to him," added the Briton.
"Turn your phone off, don't look at any of the social media and
just drive the car."
Gasly was in GP2 (now Formula Two) in 2016 and impressed enough
with Toro Rosso last year to be moved up when Australian Daniel
Ricciardo left Red Bull for Renault.
He crashed a couple of times in pre-season testing, however, and
has struggled alongside one of the sport's shining and most
confident young talents, with Verstappen seen as a future
champion.
"Sport can change so quickly where confidence is such a big
factor," said Horner.
"I think if he just starts to find a bit of confidence, starts
to go his way, you'll see a switch in him that will ramp up
quite quickly because he is very much a confidence driver."
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Clare Fallon)
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