Moments before he broke down, Verstappen claimed he could smell “weird fluid”. Flames broke out on the rear of the Dutchman’s car and he quickly summoned marshals to extinguish the fire after jumping out of his car,  

Sergio Perez was quick to get on the team radio to check out what the issue was in fear it could happen to his car.

However, the Mexican’s engineer insisted he should not to worry suggesting the issue was isolated on Verstappen’s car. Speaking on Sky Sports F1, Ted Kravitz claimed the team may not find out what happened to the car for at least a few days. 

He said: “I have been asking the question as to what exactly happened to Max Verstappen’s car at Red Bull. We know there were liquids emitted which weren’t meant to be emitted.

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