Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has explained the issue that caused168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Max Verstappen’s retirement at the F1 Australian Grand Prix.

Verstappen lost the lead on the second lap to Ferrari’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz before a dramatic and unusual mechanical problem brought his 💖race to a premature end two laps later.

Smoke started to pour 🐓from the rear of Verstappen’s Red Bull and the Dutchman limped back to the pits as he suffered his 🅘first DNF for two years.

"It's a brake issue and it looked like it was on since the start of the race whi🦋ch is why Max described it as like having a handbrake,” ൲Horner told Sky.

“That caused him to have a couple of moments as the heat was buildin𝔍🔯g and building and the result is a fire.

“We’ve got all the bits back now and we will💙 go through the damage and understand exactly what's caused it.”

Verst𝓀appen was visibly frustrated when he got out of his RB20 as he saw his early champio♈nship lead shrink to just four points.

"A driver 🐠is always going to be frustrated when the﷽y get out of the car from a retirement,” Horner added.

“He's been very, very gracious with💛 the team. That DNF hurts🎐 everyone in the same way. It's a matter of learning from it and understanding what caused it.

"Remarkable after three races he's still leading the🎶 World Championship even with that D𓄧NF. A lot of lessons learned today.”

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez could not win iꦏn his teammate’s absence but Horner revealed the Mexican was hampered by damage sustained ꦓto his car.

"He's probabl🌠y not aware from it but he picked up some damage and lost a significant amount of downforce from the floor of the car when he passed Fernando,” he explained.

"As soon as you get t🅷hat, your tyre deg gets๊ worse. We were just not good at the end of the stints, which is an unusual trait for our cars. We need to understand that.

"I have to congratulate Carlos Sainzꦦ today af𓆉ter going through surgery. What a great performance by him and his Ferrari team today."