Engine fuel leaks! And title contender Max Verstappen is out of the race. Unlucky for the Dutch driver who was setting the fastest laps right before this unfortunate event.

Though rival Charles Leclerc was almost 5 seconds ahead, Verstappen could’ve easily been on the podium at least. Well, Verstappen is not new to this, as he has faced situations like these before.

Max Verstappen is out of the race

Max gave a tough fight to the Monegasque and Ferrari boy Charles Leclerc. But Ferrari is too quick as they cleared Leclerc to be the race lead in all the last three races. Max was quick to report some issues with his tyres and took to pits. However, the world was shocked when he had to unexpectedly park his car at turn 2.

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Verstappen fans are very sad would make for an underwhelming statement. Despite being much behind Leclerc’s F1-75, we can always expect the 24-year-old to pull some magic tricks and win at the last moment. However, a conversation on the team radio reported max to retire his car after he himself felt everything was too heated. Fire extinguishers were immediately applied and you could see that mild smoke flaming from the car.

Fans took to Twitter and were quick to give reaction to the Red Bull misfortune.

Verstappen struggled in the qualifying

Well, Verstappen and the car seem to have avoided potential disastrous damage. Twitter, always unforgiving, reacted to how Verstappen had to retire his car, again. Going back just sometime ago, Bahrain Grand Prix also forced the reigning champion to retire alongside teammate Sergio Perez. The two Red Bulls were out of nowhere, out of the race at the very end moment.

However, even before the race, this weekend was proving to be a difficult one for Max. The Dutchman, though he finished second in the qualifying, struggled immensely. Albert Park circuit qualifies as a street circuit, where Max has been amazing before, but somehow he was out of luck today.

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Charles Leclerc won the race. His teammate and much loved Spaniard Carlos Sainz also faced an unfortunate fate and was out of the race early on. He too was struggling quite a lot and was unlucky during the qualifying. Well, Australian GP did turn out to be promising and was a blockbuster watch.