These are certainly not very happy days at Red Bull. The Milton Keynes team is at work with the big problem of reliability. In fact, there are already two retirements that have forced Max Verstappen to finish the race earlier than expected and lose important points for the world championship. At Red Bull, I'm aware of it. Indeed, following the Dutchman's retirement in Australia, when he was solidly in second position, the current world champion's power unit was sent to Japan for a thorough check. Horner stated it clearly: "Episodes like these must never happen again."
Verstappen retired in Melbourne, that's why
Following a week of analysis, the Austrian team was able to trace the cause that forced Verstappen to say goodbye to the Melbourne race prematurely. There is talk of a fuel leak, at least based on what was established by Helmut Marko: “We managed to find the cause of the fuel leak in Max Verstappen's car. The question is very complex – said Marko – and the problem is absolutely different from that of Bahrain”.
Bahrain-Australia, different problems but with the same result
The problem is therefore totally different from the one manifested on the car in Bahrain (in which Red Bull had loaded less petrol than needed), but the situation is certainly not the best:
"It's not easy, but the encouraging thing for us – said Marko – is that basically we have a fast car. Max will fight. Obviously he was frustrated after withdrawing him. But there is still a long way to go“.
MARKO STATEMENTS SOURCE: F1World.it
