[5][6] It was driven by reigning World Drivers' Champion Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo, who was promoted from junior team Scuderia Toro Rosso after Mark Webber announced his retirement from the sport at the end of the 2013 season.

Red Bull also suffered from unique problems arising from the tight packaging of the RB10 chassis, which caused temperatures within the car to climb so high that parts started to burn.

[11] The team's problems continued during the second test at the Bahrain International Circuit, where they were forced to run with the Energy Recovery System (ERS) disabled on Renault's advice, robbing the RB10 of up to 150 horsepower (112 kW).

The start of the season was unfortunate for Red Bull, with MGU-K problems causing Vettel to retire in the opening laps of the Australian Grand Prix.

Vettel was able to achieve third place in Malaysia, though a botched pit stop and front wing damage forced Ricciardo to retire from the race.

Ricciardo repeated a third place podium finish in Monaco, managing to hound Lewis Hamilton in a battle for second after the latter had problems with his vision.

(key) (results in italics indicate fastest lap) ‡ — Teams and drivers scored double points at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.