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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium
Negative my friends .I don't think it has to do with the curbs . From what we saw , MAX had the Anti-Stall issue already from last year .
It's really sad to see how he lost today the necessary points for the championship .
I know it's not over yet . But every single point matters in the situation .
The latest according Horner :
Horner: Cause of Verstappen’s retirement has been “seen previously” by Honda
2020 F1 season Posted on
5th July 2020, 19:10
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says the technical problem which put Max Verstappen out of the Austrian Grand Prix has been seen by Honda before.
Max was running second behind eventual winner Valtteri Bottas when he retired early on with a suspected power unit failure. “It’s currently under investigation together with Honda,” said Horner. “So as soon as we have some conclusions we’ll let you know.
“It’s not something that we haven’t seen previously.”
Both Mercedes drivers had to manage problems with their cars later in the race. Horner believes Verstappen would have had a chance to win if he hadn’t retired.
“I think a win could have been on the cards today for Max,” he said. “He was holding pace with Valtteri.
“You could see towards the end of the stint Valtteri started to get into some tyre problems. We would have stopped under the pace car, taken the hard tyre that everybody did. And then on the second Safety Car, would Mercedes have stayed out? We would have done the opposite to whatever they did.
“So you just don’t know but I think strategically we were sharp, we were very strong today. It’s a shame we have no points to show for it.”
Verstappen’s team mate Alexander Albon also retired with a power unit-related problem. “Again, we need Honda to come back to us with the full details on that,” said Horner. “But a full investigation is going on.”
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Not a clear explanation from Horner at this time and strange it afflicted both cars, he did say electronics at first but seems like he is stalling now saying PU.