The 2022 Formula One campaign is definitely not going how Red Bull or Max Verstappen, the reigning world champion, expected.
The last three races have been a roller coaster as the 24-year-old was forced to retire in the Bahrain Grand Prix, won the Saudi Arabian GP the following week and had another fuel-related issue in Australia that led to a second DNF. When he pulled the vehicle off to the side of the road, Dutchman could be heard on his team radio saying he could smell a “weird fluid.”
“These kinds of things, if you want to fight for the title, cannot happen,” Verstappen told Sky Sports F1 after the Melbourne race.