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Verstappen breakdown in Australia 'totally different' to Bahrain
In Australia, Max Verstappen suffered his second retirement in 2 Grands Prix this season. ©DPPI
Two retirements in three Grands Prix. This is the assessment of Max Verstappen at the start of the season. So easily installed in 2nd position during the Australian meeting this Sunday and on the way to a new podium, the Batavian was forced to immobilize his RB18 12 laps from the end leaving the way clear for Charles Leclerc who didn't ask for so much.
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In Melbourne, as in Bahrain three weeks earlier, the reigning world champion was once again betrayed by his mechanics, raising more than ever the reliability problems encountered by Red Bull This year. In question ? A new flaw in the fuel system but this time “ totally different » to that of the opening round where he suffered from a lack of fuel pressure according to governing bodies of the Austrian team.
« It's obviously very frustrating to record a retirement with Max's car, regretted his main team Christian Horner. It appears that a fuel system problem, external to the tank, is causing the problem. Everything has been quarantined. The parts will obviously be sent to Japan, and we will try to figure out the problem as quickly as possible."
In the championship, these two abandonments inevitably result in a zero point but above all in a 52-0 inflicted by Charles Leclerc on Max Verstappen. “ During the first two Grands Prix we lost 36 points with Max and 50 for the team. Looking closer, the Manufacturers' and Drivers' championships would be very different."
Stunned by this new fatherpine technical, Christian Horner does not lose hope for the rest of the championship despite the already significant delay on Charles Leclerc and Ferrari. " We're only 10% of the way through the season, so there's still a lot to do. » After 3 Grands Prix, Max Verstappen is 46 points behind the Monegasque.
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Gonzalo Forbes
In charge of promotion formulas (F2, F3, FRECA, F4...). Carried by the grace of Franco Colapinto.
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