BBC–Red Bull are set to split with engine partner Renault at the end of the 2018 Formula 1 season, multiple sources have told BBC Sport.
Renault have told Red Bull they no longer want to supply them after next season and while the move has not been officially confirmed, insiders say the divorce is almost certain.
Red Bull will be forced to use Honda engines with both its teams in 2019.
Junior team Toro Rosso’s switch to Honda is to be confirmed on Friday.
McLaren’s switch from Honda engines to Renault for the next three seasons, the same period as Toro Rosso’s Honda contract, is also due to be announced on Friday as part of a busy series of news developments at the Singapore Grand Prix weekend.
Renault will also confirm that they have signed Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz for 2018, to replace Englishman Jolyon Palmer as team-mate to German Nico Hulkenberg.
The McLaren-Renault, Toro Rosso-Honda and Sainz deals have long been expected but the decision by Renault to split with Red Bull emerged on Thursday.
It is a consequence of what has been a fractured relationship between Red Bull and Renault since the start of the current turbo hybrid engine formula in 2014.
The two won four consecutive drivers’ and constructors’ titles between 2010-13 but as Renault have struggled to match Mercedes under the new rules, Red Bull’s patience has frayed.
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