Red Bull have moved to explain what caused the delayed pit stops for their drivers during the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Both168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Max Verstappen and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda were left frustrated after losing valuable seconds during their pit stops due to an unusual problem with Re💛d Bull’s traffic light system.

During🃏 Verstappen and Tsunoda’s first pit stops, the red light on the Red Bull pit gantry failed♓ to change to green after the car had been serviced despite the pit lane being clear.

Verstappen rejoined🤪 last in 17th after being ꦍheld for an additional period of time. Tsunoda was affected by the same problem, delaying his exit from the pit box by several seconds.

Four-time world champion Verstappen had a slow second stop due to a sticky front wheel on his way to a disappointing 𒉰sixth place and was left lamenting that “everything ♋went wrong that could go wrong”.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said: “Max came in the fi✱rst stop and the light didn't [do anything]. Of course, it's a very simple system and we expected it [might be] that maybe the button hadn't been pressed hard enough by one of thꦕe technicians.

“The next pitstop was within one minute, and th⭕en it happened again. 🤪So at that point we went into a manual override on the system and the chief mechanics released the car.”

Horner said Red Bull will seek to remedy the problem ahead of 🍸this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

"I've just heard that there was some kind of🍎 wiring or electrical issue with the gantry,” he added.

“One I certainly haven't seen before, where I mean the drivers live by those t𒅌raffic lights, and the actual stops were pretty good, one of them was a two-second stop.

"But then the driver's waiting for the lights and obviously it didn't go out so everything's gone into quarantine and🐽 we'll have a good look at it.”

Weekend to forget for Red Bull

Verstappen only made up one position in the race thanks to a last-lap overtake on Alpine’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Gasly, while Tsunoda scored his firs🎉t points for Red Bull in ninth.

The result leaves Verstappen eight points adrift of168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris in the drivers' championship, while Red Bull🌼 are now 80 points behind McLaren in the constructors' standings. 🐓;

Horner put Red Bull’s Bahrain woes down ꦦto two fundamental problems - braking issues and balance trouble.

"We've been stru🐠ggling with two issไues this weekend, a braking issue, and, you know, secondly, just an imbalance, and when you have that then everything looks worse,” he explained.

"On top of that, we've had a horrible day where we had what looks like a wiring loom issue in the pit g𒉰antry that caused there to be a problem with the traffic light.

"All in all, to actually come away with a 6th plac♛e and limit it to an 8-point deficit to Lando with the challenges that we've had. We 𒉰need to leave here, obviously focus on what we can sort out for Jeddah in 5 days' time.”

Red Bull reportedly held a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:'crisis meeting' on Sunday night in the Bahrain paddock.