« I don’t know what happened to the car. I had to stop the car. We will investigate what happened. Of course, this is unacceptable for the championship. It can’t work like this.
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Max Verstappen retired on lap 38 while chasing Charles Leclerc at less than 6 seconds in front of him and trying to set the fastest laps in order to catch up. Likely due to an oil leak, the Red Bull shut down and a fire started spreading on the car.
Red Bull had already experienced an issue during the first Grand Prix in Bahrain, and they now concede 46 points to the championship leader, Charles Leclerc.
« No, I don’t accept the situation, we need to work. 46 points is a huge difference, now we need a car faster than the Ferrari but for now we don’t even have it. So it’s going to be complicated…
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The message is sent directly to his team. Verstappen indeed believes that he cannot change anything himself directly.
« That’s how it is, it’s up to the team to make things change, I can’t change things. »
