It wasn't the day at the office that Max Verstappen was expecting when shortly after his first pit stop of the Bahrain Grand Prix he spun his Red Bull Racing contender when his rear brakes failed.
The young Dutchman had an amazing start up to P4 and the team pitted him reasonably early for an undercut but unfortunately shortly after, on lap 12, a rear brake pressure issue caused his immediate retirement which brought out the safety car.
"I had a good start, Kimi struggled a bit off the line so I passed him straight away and then I went round the outside at turn one and overtook Daniel which put me in a good position. After that I could keep up with the leaders, the car was performing really well on the tyres and the pace was good," he said.
"I think we made the right call with the pit stop to try and undercut the two Mercedes but then the rear brakes failed on lap 12 and it was race over. These things are all a part of racing and there are definitely positives to take away from today. The car was working a lot better here than the previous two races so it's just an unfortunate ending as we could have scored some really good points."
