Red Bull suffered a double whammy
In F1, on lap 3 of the Bahrain Grand Prix, Red Bull Verstappen withdrew; on the last lap, Perez withdrew. Problems such as the balance and steering of The Red Bull car were frequently encountered at the end of the race, and the efforts of the two drivers throughout the race were in vain.
"We see a problem, Max, it's not about the battery."
"What can I do?"
"There's nothing more you can do."
It was a call from Verstappen to the team before he retired. Perez then withdrew on the final lap due to similar problems, and the 30 points that should have arrived flew away.
Both the team leader Horner and the engineer speculated that the engine might have run out of oil, but the two cars actually had some left.
Marko said: "We don't have a clear explanation, we have to check first. This is something that has never happened before. We tested and there were cases where only one liter of oil was left. It may be that some parts are damaged. ”
The engine ran out of oil
Horner described the incident as "a brutal ending" and confirmed that both cars had the same problems, but had never been seen before. The team needs to do the analysis, and the time is tight, because in 7 days it will be the Saudi Grand Prix.
"We don't know exactly why, we don't know if it's a problem with the oil pump or the tubing. We have to figure it out, we're going to dismantle the car and find the problem. ”
Before the race began, Red Bull Racing spent more than an hour adjusting the pipelines of two cars.
Horner said: "This is a common problem, not a problem exclusive to Red Bull. We have only conducted inspections to ensure safety. ”
Verstappen was unhappy with a string of questions
For the defending champions, the opener was somewhat bitter. "It's disappointing, whether it's first or second, we have to get the points."
"We have a series of problems, the first is the balance of the car, the car has no grip."
"Then I had steering problems again, it felt bad, it was too hard."
"I can barely steer normally, and the faster I drive, the worse the delay. When I turned right, it started to feel good, and then there was a problem. So I did badly when the game restarted. I wanted to speed up, but it was like getting stuck somewhere. ”
"My idea at the time was, well, even if you have so many problems, you can still get runners-up, it's not bad. Then the next problem came, the engine ran out of oil. It's all over. ”
Verstappen initially suspected that there was a problem with the battery, but the team checked and said there was no problem. But the problems that followed were completely unsolvable, including teammate Perez.
Red Bull needed to solve the problem in a short period of time, but Verstappen still said with some dissatisfaction: "Of course we can say that there may be problems, but in such a level of competition, we have a lot of information about the engine and everything else, and this problem should not happen." ”