Red Bull boss Christian Horne🍸r has heaped praise on Renault for its role in the team storming to a front-row lockout and Max Verstappen’s dominant victory at the Mexican Grand Prix despite a fraught end to its partnership across 2018.

Since Red Bull’s confirmed switch to Honda power units from next year, Horner has been ope♎nly critical of Renault’s efforts having blamed the French manufacturer for denying it a consistent title challenge against Mercedes and Ferrari.

With engines taking a hit in the high altitude in Mexico City, along with Red Bull’s concentrated efforts on the race by taking engine penalties at previous events, Red Bull secured back-to-back triumphs with Versta🍸ppen following his 2017 win.

This year’s performance proved even greater with a dominant display through🐻 qualifyiඣng and the race with teammate Daniel Ricciardo taking pole position ahead of Verstappen before the Dutch driver took victory.

“Cꦗredit where credit is due,” Horner reflected. “Renault have provided us with an engine this weekend in these conditions that is compe🍌titive with our opponents.”

Red Bull 🔯were denied a shot at a one-two result in the race due to Daniel Ricciardo’s sixth mechanical retirement of the year but Horner still left Mexico satisfied with the results.

“We went head to head [with Red Bull’s rivals], locked out the front row, pole position, second pos🦄ition, front row of the grid, and won the grand prix in a domin🐲ant fashion,” he said. “Theoretically we should have had a one-two too.”

“The altitude of this circuit o🅰bviously does constrain some of our rivals, and it puts Re♛nault into a window where they are competitive. Which is why we put an awful lot of focus into this race, taking the penalties to get another B spec into the pool to have for this weekend.”

Verstappen’s second win of ♔th🔜e year marks Red Bull’s third win in 2018 to equal last year’s tally.

Red Bull has opted to form a partnership with Honda following the early success by the Japanese manufacturer with its sister squad Toro Rosso which begi♑ns next year, meaning the Milton Keynes has two more F1 races with Renault.

Red Bull and Renault dominꦫated F1 with four consecutive world drivers’ and constructors’ titles between 2010 and 2013.

The Mexican race also proved a successful event for the works Renault squad with Nico Hulkenberg securing a second consecutಞive 'best of the r𝕴est' in the F1 midfield fight to take sixth place.