Red Bull reveals cause of Bahrain F1 double DNF, has fix in place

A lack of fuel pressure led to the retirements of both Red Bull Formula 1 cars at last weekend’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. 
Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB18 retired from the race.
Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB18 retired from the race.
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Max Verstappen and Se💎rgio Perez both appeared to be on for a podium finish in Bahrain until their cars suffered a sudden and dramatic loss of power.

Verst😼appen was forced to retire three laps from the end after challenging Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc for the win for much of the race, 🧸while Perez spun out of third place at Turn 1 on the final lap when his car switched off. 

After the race, Red B♐ull team principal Christian Horner suggested that both problems were related to the fuel pumps in the car and insisted that a fix would be put in place ahead of the second round of the season in Saudi Arabia this weekend. 

On Friday, Red Bull released a statement confirm🍨ing the cause of the failures and said it is confident of avoiding a repeat in Jeddah.

“Both 💫cars suffered from a lack of fuel pressure last weekend,” a Red🥂 Bull spokesperson said. 

“The correct amount of fuel was in𝓰 both cars, but a vacuum prevented the pumps from drawing fuel and delivering it to the engine. 

“We’ve taken the necessary steps to correct this issue and we exꦍpect no problems this weekend.”

The 🦩double retirement leaves Red Bull with zero points after the opening round of the 2022 F1 season, while rivals Ferrari and Merceꦿdes scored 44 and 27 points respectively. 

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