Max Verstappen’s first retirement in two years was caused by a stuck right rear brake that eventually failed at the Australian Grand Prix. The polesitter held the lead on the opening lap but complained the car had snapped away from him strangely as Carlos Sainz stayed close on the second lap and used DRS to overtake in the middle sector. Starting the next lap, smoke started emerging from the right rear corner of Verstappen’s car and he had to slow, with the brake exploding in the pit entry and catching fire as he returned to the Red Bull garage.
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