Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has explained the issue that caused168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen’s retirement at the F1 Australian Grand Prix.

Verstappen lost the lead on the second lap to Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz before a dramatic and unusual mechanical problem brought his race to a p🧸remature ওend two laps later.

Smoke started to pour from the rear of Vers♓tappen’s Red Bull and the Dutchman limped back to the pits as he suffered h⛎is first DNF for two years.

"It's a brake issue and it looked like it was on since theಞ start of the race which is why Max described it as like havi𒐪ng a handbrake,” Horner told Sky.

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

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

Versta🌱ppen was visibly frustrated when he got out of his RB20 as he saw 🌊his early championship lead shrink to just four points.

"A driver is alwa🍌ys going to be frustrated when they get out of the car from a retirement,” Horner ad♛ded.

“He's been very, very graciousಌ 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 DNF. A lot of lessons learned ♌today.”

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez could not win in his teammate’s absence but Horner revealed the Mexican was hampered by damage s🌞ustained to his car.

"He's probably 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 𓆏as you get that, your tyre deg gets 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 Sainz today aft💝er going through surgery. Wh🌃at a great performance by him and his Ferrari team today."