Max Verstappen suffered an engine-related problem in Free Practice 1 of the Austrian F1 GP. According to the driver himself on the radio after stopping after the second uphill straight of the Red Bull Ring circuit, he made a change to the engine map and after that failure occurred. However, it wasn’t long before the Dutchman restarted his car.
Max is not alone in his ‘fear’ of his Friday machine. And the Dutchman suffers with his engines more than his rivals. He has a big cushion in the lead in the World Championship but he may have to punish before his rivals due to the need to install his 5th engine of the year as soon as possible, hopefully at Spa, a circuit where it is easier to come . back than the other tracks.
The Canadian engine was scrapped
Max Verstappen has already seen how one of his new engines broke down in Canada just after putting it in his Red Bull, an engine that Max said he had no news about and which, according to ‘De Telegraaf’, it has been scrapped and you cannot use it again.
Max, close to the penalty for changing engines
For this reason, Max Verstappen had to install his 4th machine of the year (the total limit before penalties) in Barcelona last week. And a week later, on a Friday engine that should have been old, he suffered a ‘scare’ in Free Practice 1.
Source: La Verdad
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