[8] The Red Bull RB6 was the last customer-engined Formula One car to win the constructors' title,[citation needed] due to a presence of Renault full-factory team until Mercedes-powered McLaren MCL38 in 2024.

During qualifying for the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel set the fastest times in Q2 and Q3 clinching pole by just over a tenth of second from Ferrari's Felipe Massa.

From the lights Vettel led until lap 33 when the car had what was at first thought to be a broken exhaust but was later revealed to be a spark plug problem which reduced the power and straight line speed.

Webber had to stay on track longer as Vettel pitted for dry tyres, and finished in ninth position after a late-race incident with Lewis Hamilton.

In Spain Webber took pole position and won the race with teammate Vettel finishing third after a major brake problem in the last 8 laps.

Sebastian Vettel passed Robert Kubica's Renault on lap one and remained in second position for the remainder of the race distance, completing Red Bull's second 1-2 of the season.

In Valencia, the team bounced back, as Vettel won his first race since Malaysia while Webber had a spectacular accident colliding with Heikki Kovalainen and flipping over at 190 mph (310 km/h) and hitting an advertising board, miraculously escaping unhurt from the incident.

On the slow-down lap, Webber, still angry at the situation, told his team over the radio that his victory was "not bad for a number two driver", and in the post-race press conference, he stated that he would not have signed a contract extension with the team - having signed a contract extension for 2011 in the preceding month - had he believed he was going to be treated unfavourably to Vettel.

Vettel immediately pitted for a new front wing and appeared to be threatening to regain a points-scoring position before he sustained a puncture to his right-rear tyre after clipping Vitantonio Liuzzi's front wing during an attempted overtake; Vettel eventually finished a lap down in 15th, dropping him down the order in the drivers' standings.

Webber used a different strategy and moved through the field; he got past the McLarens and despite colliding with Hamilton midway through the race, hung on to finish behind his team-mate in third.

Vettel led away from pole in the race, whilst Webber lost out to Robert Kubica at the start and ran third during the early safety car period.

He regained second place upon the retirement of Kubica early in the race, and from this point onwards there was never a threat of Red Bull not finishing 1-2.

After Vettel and Webber's respective tyre stops, they were running second and third behind Jenson Button, who was on a contrary strategy and had not pitted with the rest of the field.

In Korea, Red Bull again dominated qualifying by locking out the front row and looked set to clinch the constructors' championship with two races to spare.