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Max Verstappen insisted 's*** happens' after the triple world champion suffered his first retirement from a race in two years at the Australian Grand Prix.
The Dutchman started from pole but was overtaken by the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz in the early laps.
Shortly afterwards smoke started to come from the rear of Verstappen's Red Bull, resulting in the Dutchman slowly making his way back to the pits to retire from a race for the first time in two years.
This allowed Ferrari to take full advantage as Sainz took the chequered flag first from team-mate Charles Leclerc - with the latter now four points behind Verstappen in the standings.
After the race, Verstappen said: 'S*** happens. It is important that we understand why it happened and make sure that it doesn't happen again.'
Max Verstappen retired from the Australian Grand Prix from second with a brake issue
Verstappen noticed the issue at the start of the race and he was overtaken by Carlos Sainz before
