The Austrian Grand Prix was yet another weekend to forget for Red Bull Racing's max Verstappen when he was forced to retire for the third race in succession. The only saving grace about Sunday's retirement was that this time it wasn't because of a mechanical issue, instead he was taken out in a collision on the first lap.
However, before the accident occurred., Max was already in trouble, mechanically speaking, losing several positions at the start due to a clutch issue, and that's what put him in the path of the chaos that was about to unfold…
"We had a clutch issue at the start. I could feel on the formation lap that it wasn't great and then at the start it failed which triggered the anti-stall as I tried to launch. I pulled away after losing many positions and tried to stay out of trouble in to turn one but I got hit on the rear tyre,” he explained.
“Because of the hit the clutch over engaged, braking the bearing in the clutch, so I had no drive. The boys are all working very hard and there is no blame on anyone, we have just had a lot of bad luck recently and I have to try and stay positive.”
Disappointed at the result once again, the Dutchman is trying his best to stay positive and focussed as we head nto the next round at Silverstone in England this weekend…
“It's definitely not nice at the moment and I'm very disappointed again but it's also very important to keep pushing everyone forward as there are still many races to go. We just hope that the next race will be better. I also feel disappointed for all the Dutch fans as they have travelled a long way. I wanted to put on a show for them but I could not even complete one corner today. We will of course try to do better at Silverstone."
