So many bad spots for Redbull in the last 2 weeks right ? They have internal problems ( bigger and bigger ) , they have a bit of drivers problems ( Perez seems to be forgotten in that team in 2024 season ) and now they seems to have small car issues that might transition from a race weekend to another. Also , I'm very mad on McLaren and hopefully Piastri will keep this in his mind for the next races and whenever he will get that full green light , no one will be able to stand and face Piastri on track. This kid is the next gem in F1 and I pray Max will still have a championship car where Piastri will have his.
It is inevitable when a sudden problem occurs even the engineer of the car can not do a thing or doesn't have any explanation on what may have caused the problem, in that issue with what happened to RedBull, many were really surprised at what happened I was really surprised as Max Verstappen is pretty much well known in this kind of sports and losing, the last time Verstappen gotten a DNF was at the Australian Grand Prix in 2022 and this time it occurred again at Australia.
Oscar Piastri on the other hand is getting there even Lando Norris may become something big in the future even though those names are well known in this sports after max Verstappen have said something about his early retirement I think those new faces will become something big in the future or if they could attain a Red Bull machine.
They had just replaced the power unit on Verstappen's car so this could of caused the problems in that turn when Sainz overtook him causing the problems like a domino effect.
Just look at what his rear tire looked like when he pulled into the pits on the lap where he had to retire:
Way too much damage to the entire wheel well. The brakes caught on fire and of course the tire melting causing the cloud of black smoke while driving into the pit lane.
Just finished seeing the crash at the end of Russell and surprised they didn't red flag it either. Cars were still coming in and had to avoid the Mercedes turned on it's side.
Instead the race ended under a safety car for the last lap where Leclerc was only a second and half behind Sainz.
We will be having another two weeks off before the next race.
Enough time for Red Bull to figure out the issues and get Verstappen back on course.
The cause of that fire can be determined by the engineers but could they apply a solution in time as next is the Japanese GP Suzuka Circuit where Max Verstappen has done a perfect job and dominated the Practice runs, qualifying runs and the main race but if his car would not be ready by that time this will end up in a bad way for the Red Bull as Sergio Perez also was causing problem aswell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxbrSEXgF1Q