Max Verstappen's title defence turned into a nightmare! 😬 9WWOS
Leclerc was leading comfortably from Verstappen when the back of Pierre Gasly's AlphaTauri car caught fire as he parked it on the side of the track. It was quickly put out and the Frenchman walked away unharmed.From the restart, Leclerc got away and Verstappen started complaining about steering problems.
"We did the best we could and are grateful for these points," Hamilton said. "It is not going to be a quick turnaround."It was a thrilling race to start the season and one laced with a large dollop of irony. "I can't remember the last time that happened to us but obviously it's your worst nightmare," Horner said."It looks suspiciously like the failures are related to each other. It looks like potentially an issue within the fuel system. So it's very disappointing to lose 30 points."
Three times Verstappen overtook him with his trademark aggressive driving, two of those by diving inside Leclerc on Turn 1, only for the driver from Monaco to add steel to his silk and pass him back quickly to regain the lead.
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