The champagne is flowing for Red Bull in Brazil.
Sebastian Vettel's victory and Mark Webber's second-place finish at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday were enough to give Red Bull its first constructors' title in Formula One.
''This is an unbelievable result,'' team principal Christian Horner said. ''In six years this team has come from a team that no one took seriously, that everyone thought was a party team, to the 2010 Formula One constructors' champions.''
The results at Interlagos gave Red Bull 469 points and it can't be surpassed in the final race in Abu Dhabi even if McLaren finishes first and second with Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. Ferrari, which leads the drivers' title with Fernando Alonso, is third with 389 points.
Red Bull team members gathered in the pit lane to celebrate with plenty of champagne - and energy drinks, obviously.
''It is an unbelievable achievement,'' Vettel said. ''I am very proud, regards to all the people in the team, in the factory. I am very proud. Proud of my team, of myself, so I would say a fantastic day.''
Red Bull has been criticized for not being able to capitalize on its chances with the best car of the season. The team has been quickest at nearly every track this year but failed to win several races thanks to driver mistakes and mechanical failures.
With such a dominant car, it could have arrived in the final two races with a comfortable lead in both the championships, but both drivers trail Alonso heading into the season-ending race in Abu Dhabi next weekend.
''As I said an extremely difficult season for us with lots of people talking us down at some stage, sometimes right, sometimes not right,'' Vettel said. ''So it is good to show them one race from the end what we are made of. We are here to fight. It is a nice feeling to know that you have the better car and you did the better job over one season.''
Red Bull is comparatively very new to F1 compared to traditional teams such as McLaren, Williams and Ferrari, and not many people thought it would become a competitive team so soon.
''We have finished ahead of teams with far more experience and heritage than ourselves,'' Horner said. ''We took them on and we won. To do it in such dominant style, with our fourth 1-2 finish of the season, is very special. It's a very proud day for everyone in the team and for everyone within Red Bull.''
