Red Bull and engine suppliers Renault went their separate ways on Sunday as one of Formula 1’s most successful partnerships reached the end of what had a become a very rocky road in Abu Dhabi. To mark the occasion, Renault Sport Racing managing director Cyril Abiteboul presented Red Bull boss Christian Horner with a squirrel soft toy — a humorous nod to the ‘Squirrel Irritable’ nickname Horner has been known to use for the Frenchman. “It’s on the pit wall, it spent the race with me. It’s a grumpy looking squirrel, an irritable squirrel,” Horner told reporters. The once-dominant partnership has been fraught in recent seasons, with Red Bull feeling let down in the V6 turbo...
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