Red Bull boss Christian Horner is confident that his team will be competitive in this year's Formula One World Championship as soon as they regain their qualifying form.

Teammates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber made pole on 33 of the 38 races in 2010 and 2011, however neither have managed to make the front row so far this season.

Horner said: "Our strategy in the first three races has been strong. Where we've been weak on a Saturday we've performed quite well on a Sunday. We just need to sort out qualifying now.

"We know we have good race pace so if we can just get qualifying sorted we can make a significant step forward."

Webber and Vettel finished fourth and fifth respectively in last weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.