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Verstappen rues ‘extremely painful' 18-point loss

Max Verstappen did not hold back his frustration after his World Championship defence began with a late retirement from the Bahrain Grand Prix. Favourite going into the weekend to start F1’s new era of regulations with a win, the Dutchman was pipped to pole position by Charles Leclerc – and apart from a brief duel on laps 16 and 17 when they swapped the lead a couple of times, Verstappen was always second best to the Ferrari in the race. He would have had one last chance to challenge for victory at the restart from a Safety Car period, but at that time was reporting power steering issues in his Red Bull and then quickly fell back through the field – being forced to retire...
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