Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen got his Canadian Grand Prix off to a blistering start when he stormed up the outside of second placed Sebastian Vettel from his fifth placed grid spot to take second place at the first corner.
The young Dutchman was definitely on a charge and stuck to the back of Lewis Hamilton's leading Mercedes like glue and it looked as if a podium finish was definitely on the cards.
However, just as he began to feel comfortable with his position and pace, the car suddenly lost all power and he was forced to pull to the side of the circuit and retire.
It was later confirmed that his RB13 had lost all power to the battery in the hybrid system, leaving him powerless on track. This was his third retirement from the last five races.
“The way the race ended for me was very frustrating after such a good start,” he said. “I think a podium was possible but once again we come away with nothing. The start was really good, straight away I felt no wheel spin and could just put the power down and make some places. I had a little bit of contact with Seb (Vettel) on the first corner, running wide there means it can sometimes happen.”
“From there on the pace felt good and I was looking after the tyres and brakes as we had no chance of catching Lewis. I was just concentrating on doing my own race when I suddenly lost all power and everything shut down. I have had a lot of disappointments recently, I guess that's racing but sometimes you get tired of it.”
"It was a great shame for us to lose Max on lap 11," added team boss Christian Horner. "He had an unbelievable start which propelled him into second place by turn two, and then after an audacious move to take the lead at the restart he was looking competitive for second place when a suspected energy store failure caused an instantaneous retirement. Very tough on Max but I'm sure his time will come soon."
