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Red Bull identifies likely cause of Verstappen failure

Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing has identified the probable cause of the failure which took Max Verstappen out of a comfortable second position in the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. The Dutchman looked likely to finish runner-up to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc at Albert Park until he parked next to the exit of Turn 2 with 20 laps remaining. Flames could be seen at the rear of Car #1, with Verstappen having reported on the radio that he smelt “some weird fluid”. The DNF is his second of the campaign, after both RB18s suffered a fuel system issue in Bahrain, apparently unrelated to its latest drama. According to team principal Christian Horner, an external fuel leak is suspected to be...
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