Abu Dhabi: For the first time in the 2010 Formula One championship, the Red Bull-Renault team failed to score any point after Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber could not finish in Sunday's Korean Grand Prix.
Team bosses, however, vowed that they will come back strongly in the next race in Brazil on November 7 which then leads to the final race at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 14.
Christian Horner, Team Principal, said on Sunday after the race: "Some days motor racing can be cruel and for Red Bull today it was unfortunately one of those days. Mark was unlucky, he dropped a wheel on the kerb one of the few mistakes he's made this year and it bit him hard. Sebastian had the cruelest of luck 10 laps to go and out of the blue he had an engine failure."
"As a team we've done everything right and we had the pace to win. Starting on the front row, we got the strategy right, we read the conditions right and to have an engine failure, almost in sight of the end of the race, is appalling luck, Honer said.
"It's our first non-points score this year, but we leave here still in the lead of the Constructors' and we're still in it in the Drivers' too; Mark's second and Sebastian's only one race-win behind the leader. We gave Fernando [Alonso] a big present today, but it was only two weeks ago that we were celebrating a one-two finish and we'll be back in Brazil," the Red Bull-Renault boss said.
Fabrice Lom, Renault, Principal Engineer Track Support apologised for Vettel's engine failure.
"Renault must apologise to the whole team for the engine failure on Seb's car. We need to investigate more before giving more details about the failure it was an engine that was at its third grand prix but it obviously wasn't expected," he said.
"What a bad result for us, we scored no points after starting on the front row it's a big disappointment. We are still in the battle for both championships and we will continue to push very hard we took a hit today, but we will bounce back stronger in Brazil," Lom said.
