Bahrain GP: Red Bull working on why both drivers retired with similar issues

The technical experts of the Red Bull F1 team will thoroughly probe Sundays double retirement by its drivers from the Bahrain Grand Prix as the initial investigation into problems with the steering and power unit proved inconclusiveWith reigning World Drivers Champion Max Verstappen leading their charge Red Bull were expecting to start the 2022 season with a big haul of points in the seasonopener in the Bahrain Grand PrixHowever their hopes were dashed when Verstappen and teammate Sergio Perez were forced to retire three laps from the end of the race at the Bahrain International Circuit here on SundayRed Bull Team Principal Christian Horner said they were not sure what the issue with both the cars wasIt looks like a similar issue on both cars We dont know exactly what it is yet whether its a lift pump whether its a collector or something along those lines but weve got to get into it and understand exactly what caused it Horner told Sky Sports F1 after Sundays raceThe steering issue on Maxs car was when the car got dropped on the final stop we think it tweaked a track rod so thats why it was slightly different left to right he saidIt was a brutal finish to that race for us added Horner What looked like a decent haul of points for us evaporated in the last couple of laps thereThe double whammy has left Red Bulls technical staff scrambling for solutions as they would like to resolve the issue before the next race in Saudi ArabiaThings were looking good for Red Bull before all hell broke loose with Verstappen first to retireVerstappen had fought valiantly with eventualwinner Charles Leclerc of Ferrari for much of the race and seemed to be settling for the second position when he started to complain of both steering and power unit issues on his carThe Dutch driver was passed by Ferraris Carlos Sainz on Lap 54 and eventually retired from the race His teammate Sergio Perez then compounded Red Bulls woes by spinning into retirement at Turn 1 of Final Lap capping a miserable day for the teamExtremely painful VerstappenI mean what happened at the end is obviously very frustrating but of course before that quite a few issues said Verstappen on Sunday night First of all the balance was off I didnt have the same feeling as on Friday on the long runs so that was a bit disappointingThen suddenly my steering I dont know what happened to that it was just completely locked and the faster I was going I could barely steer So it was not easy on the restart to defend from Carlos SainzBut then I was still in second with that big issue so you think okay with all these issues that Ive had today second would be a good result And then suddenly I had to retire everything just switched off It looked like a fuel pump or issue there was no fuel coming to the engine Of course these things you dont want them to happen and its very painful for the team as well that both cars retired We need to look into everything Verstappen was quoted as saying by f1comThe reigning World Drivers Champion said what was more disappointing for him was that they did score zero points at BahrainI think at the end what is the biggest problem is that we scored zero points with a competitive car And of course on the days when you have tiny issues or youre not entirely happy with the balance you have to consolidate and score points and what we did today is of course extremely painfulPerez too was understandably downbeat after losing the chance to snatch a podium in Verstappens absence with the Mexicans retirement handing P3 to Mercedes Lewis HamiltonI was very unfortunate said Perez I lost the engine just locked the rears completely and there was nothing I could do It looks like a very similar problem to what Max hadWith just one weeks time before the next race in Jaddah both Verstappen and Perez will be hoping that the team will manage to put things in order for the Saudi Arabian Grand PrixThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever