Jos Verstappen is not known to be a patient man. The length of time it took Red Bull to sack Christian Horner after last year’s ‘sexting’ scandal must have felt like an eternity for the Briton’s arch-nemesis.

Christian Horner was removed as team principal of Red Bull F1 on Wednesday with his strained relationship with Jos Verstappen belived to have played a role in his departure

While Verstappen Snr’s prediction was kept at bay in 2024, it is clear to see that Red Bull has experienced, if not an ‘explosion’, then a drawn-out collapse. Like the death of a star, one of F1’s great modern dynasties has imploded in phases.