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Verstappen blames power surge for Bahrain qualifying crash

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen says an unexpected 150-horsepower power boost from his Renault engine led to the Q1 crash that knocked him out of qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.  The Dutchman had already posted a time good enough to see him into the second part of qualifying, but lost control of his RB14 on the exit of Turn 2 as he began his second flying effort.  Verstappen spun across the track and through the gravel before ending up in the barriers. He said telemetry data on his Red Bull shows he suffered a bizarre surge in power that caught him out and ultimately caused him to lose control. "It was unfortunate,” Verstappen said. ”I studied the data a bit and saw we had a...
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