Source: REUTERS/Rula Rouhana
[Saba Sports News] In the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix that concluded last week, Max Verstappen’s car encountered a desperate 6.2-second pit stop, and the technical crisis of the Red Bull team completely erupted. After the race, team leader Christian Horner conducted crisis public relations and disclosed the reason to the media. It is reported that due to an unsolvable malfunction in the pit signal light system, both drivers were delayed by the signal light system at crucial moments. This bizarre accident cost defending champion Verstappen at least 8 seconds, completely burying the last hope of catching up to the front car. From the replay, Verstappen’s system showed a bizarre state of red and yellow lights flashing at the same time during the first pit stop, with mechanics watching as 4 seconds of precious time passed by. What’s worse, when Yuki Tsunoda stopped after a minute, the system crashed again. The technical team was eventually forced to activate manual emergency mode, but it was too late. Verstappen had dropped from seventh to ninth, stuck behind Pierre Gasly. Telemetry data shows that this pit stop disaster cost the Dutchman the original 5-second key window to catch up with Lewis Hamilton in front.