Christian Horner thinks it would be "foolish" to believe that Red Bull will enjoy the same dominance next year as they did in 2011.
Horner's team have established themselves at the top of the Formula One tree by taking both the drivers' and constructors' titles in each of the past two seasons.It took until the 16th round of the championship in Korea for one of the Red Bull cars to be knocked off pole position, while world champion Sebastian Vettel has taken 10 wins so far during the campaign.
But Horner is expecting a fierce fightback from the likes of McLaren and Ferrari over the winter and does not expect to have it all his own way again in 2012.
"It never gets easier, that's for sure," the Red Bull team principal said.
"It would be foolish to underestimate the likes of Ferrari. They are a phenomenal team with tremendous pedigree, or the likes of McLaren and Mercedes Benz.
"We are not foolish or arrogant enough to think that this kind of performance is normal. It's abnormal and it takes a superhuman effort to try and achieve.
"Our competitors are going to be pushing hard over the winter. To do it once they can probably tolerate, but to do it twice probably upsets a little."
There has been little time to savour this season's achievement as focus quickly turned to next year's car, with chief designer Adrian Newey missing the last race in Korea to work on the RB8 challenger.
"The focus has to start moving towards next year and we've got less than four months to design and build a completely new car," Horner said.
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