{"id":626232,"date":"2026-06-07T16:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626232\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T16:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:30:17","slug":"verstappen-reveals-cause-of-shock-monaco-gp-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626232\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen reveals cause of shock Monaco GP retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Max Verstappen<\/a> says his Red Bull’s engine “just dropped dead” at the start of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand\u00a0Prix as the Dutchman faced an early retirement.<\/p>\n

Verstappen and Red Bull defied expectations by challenging for pole at the Monaco street circuit, with the four-time world champion defeating both Ferrari<\/a> drivers before being pipped to pole by Mercedes’<\/a>\u00a0Kimi Antonelli<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the Dutchman’s Sunday afternoon was short-lived as he stalled at the start, swerving out of the way to avoid being collected by the chasing peloton. “Yep, nice. Completely ****. Guys, what the **** man?”, a frustrated Verstappen said on the radio.<\/p>\n

After getting going again, Verstappen was forced to bring his Red Bull back to the garage for a lap 1 retirement.<\/p>\n

Explaining his woes after the race, Verstappen said he already faced engine concerns on the formation lap, so his stalled start didn’t come as a complete shock.<\/p>\n

“Already the formation lap was not going very well and then after that the pre-start was terrible,” Verstappen reported to Sky Sports F1. “There was just no consistency and then the engine just dropped dead. I only got a little bit of power back after the first corner and then the engine sounded really awful. I could not go full throttle, so we brought it back and that was it.”<\/p>\n

\"Andrea <\/p>\n

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Isack Hadjar, Red Bull Racing<\/p>\n

Photo by: Alex Bierens de Haan \/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

F1 heads across the border to Spain next week for the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, which Verstappen believes will be a much better test of Red Bull’s upgrade progress in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

“It’s a completely different track so it will be a good test to see if we actually really made a proper step forward or not because that’s all about high speed and\u00a0aero performance,” he added. “So, that will be an interesting weekend.”<\/p>\n

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