In many ways it was inevitable, like a bad marriage it was simply a matter of who was going to be first to admit that it was over. Then again, like some, Red Bull and Renault could have continued, winning the odd race here and there, suffering another failure and then the inevitable ugly, public falling-out. On the other hand, in switching to an engine supplier that has yet to prove itself in the hybrid era, is it a case of having jumped from the frying pan into the fire for Red Bull? While there isn't a French word for schadenfreude, it's clear that seeing his own works team thrash an under-performing Red Bull-Honda in 2019 (and 2020) would give Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul no end of joy....
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