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More fallout between Red Bull and Renault

10:00, 31 Jul 2018

byBobby Vincent

Red Bull boss Christian Horner expresses his disgust following Max Verstappen's forced retirement at the weekend and puts the blame on engine suppliers Renault.

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen was forced to retire during lap six of Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix following a power unit issue.

The energy drink brand announced that they will be switching engine suppliers to Honda earlier in the season, as the relationship between Red Bull and Renault continues to deteriorate.

At the Hungaroring, Verstappen was occupying fifth position when a suspected MGU-K failure forced the Dutchman to stop his car at the side of the track, which led to a very angry Verstappen making his thoughts known on the team radio.

Red Bull boss Christian Horner was very critical of Renault, following the constant reliability issues they have with their engine.

"I am not going to get drawn into saying too much, but we pay multi-millions of pounds for these engines, for a first-class product, a state-of-the-art product, and you can see it is quite clearly some way below that," Horner told Sky Sports F1.

"So it is frustrating. That is what it is. We still have Daniel (Ricciardo) in the race and I will let Cyril (Abiteboul) come up with his excuses afterwards."

Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul claims that he does not care what Horner has to say about his team's product.

"Our bosses have stopped reading what Christian Horner is saying about us since 2015," Abitebould explained to Motorsport.com.

"It is very clear that we don't want to have any dealings with them any more. It's very clear it's done.

"They will have their engine partner that will be paying a helluva money to get their product on board, and I wish them good luck. I have nothing else to say."