The team finished third in the constructor standings behind Ferrari and BAR.

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As technical director, Ross Brawn masterminded six consecutive championships for Ferrari between 1999-2004 to add to the constructor crown he won with Benetton in 1995.

BBC: Brawn win title in debut F1 year

Formula One It was the year of Mika and McLaren as the flying Finn took top spot over Michael Schumacher, while McLaren outpaced Ferrari for the constructor's title.

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The constructor will retain total control over its engine manufacturing base in Viry-Chatillon on the outskirts of Paris and also continue to supply engines to Red Bull in 2010.

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Schumacher is looking for his 11th win in 12 races and his sixth in a row while Ferrari could clinch the constructor's title this weekend if they score 13 more points than Renault.

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Still, Vettel's second place was enough to earn Red Bull F1's Constructor's Championship—the team's third straight.

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So far, only one constructor (Renault) out of the ten teams competing in Formula One this year has elected to use KERS at Melbourne.

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But no F1 car constructor would build a vehicle one gram more than the minimum for fear of making it uncompetitive.

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The GT3 R Hybrid's flywheel device was built by Formula 1 constructor Williams as part of F1's pursuit of Kinetic Energy Storage Systems (KERS), which began in 2009.

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