{"id":295433,"date":"2023-10-30T02:12:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T02:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=295433"},"modified":"2023-10-30T02:12:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T02:12:08","slug":"max-verstappen-fuming-as-mexican-gp-red-flagged-after-f1-stars-car-catches-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/racing\/f1\/max-verstappen-fuming-as-mexican-gp-red-flagged-after-f1-stars-car-catches-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen fuming as Mexican GP red flagged after F1 star’s car catches fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kevin Magnussen brought out the red flag at the Mexican Grand Prix after a car failure left his Haas on fire at the exit of turn eight. The Danish driver became the second retirement of the race after Sergio Perez’s lap-one incident.<\/p>\n

Magnussen had already endured a couple of shaky moments, running wide out of the final corner as he struggled with tyre wear in his battle with Williams driver Logan Sargeant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Matters got worse for the Dane later on the lap. He suffered a right-rear suspension failure during the flying esses, sending him barreling towards the barriers and destroying his Haas machinery.<\/p>\n

This crash quickly brought out the safety car as Magnussen clambered out of his car, which proceeded to catch fire on the rear with his brakes overheating.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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With major damage to the barriers it became clear that a safety car wasn’t enough to get the track ready to resume racing, so race control brought out the red flag and neutralised the race.<\/p>\n

This decision did not go down well with Max Verstappen, who had just made a free pit stop under safety car conditions, retaining the lead from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.<\/p>\n

The reigning world champion took to the team radio to complain to race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase, asking: “That’s a joke. Red flag for what? I saw the car was a bit on fire, but it’s already all cleared.”<\/p>\n

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