RED BULL team principal Christian Horner is determined to make amends for one of his marque’s rare failures of recent times.

It was at last year’s rain-soaked inaugural Korean Grand Prix that Horner thought his team’s title hopes had been washed away.

Despite Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber running first and second following a lengthy safety car period to start the race, they ultimately came away with nothing.

Initially Webber, leading the championship at the time, was caught out by the wet track and crashed out on lap 19, while Vettel suffered a blown engine 12 laps from home. Red Bull have since been bulletproof, enduring only one failure to finish when Webber crashed out in Italy last month.

With Vettel retaining his drivers’ title in Japan on Sunday and Red Bull of the brink of clinching back-to-back constructors’ crowns, Horner feels this weekend’s race at the Yeongam circuit is the ideal venue for his team to further underline their strength and lay any demons to rest.

“What happened last year shows anything can happen,” Horner said. “Seb was in the lead last year when the engine let go and we thought his championship had gone up in smoke, literally, that day.

“It seemed a long way home from Korea then, so it would be truly amazing if we could go back there and make up for that result this year.”

For Horner, despite the celebrations that followed Vettel’s record-breaking triumph – nothing more than a karaoke session – there remains the small matter of completing the double double.

Red Bull are 130 points clear of McLaren and need to be 129 ahead after Sunday’s race to clinch back-to-back constructors’ crowns.