Max Verstappen says it is “difficult to accept” Renault’s engine failures in the wake of another setback, having retired from the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Verstappen rose from seventh to fifth on the opening lap at the Hungaroring but lasted only another five laps before his RB14 slowed with a suspected MGU-K failure.
A terse Verstappen expressed his frustration in an expletive-ridden radio message as he pulled to the side of the track.
It marked his second retirement from an engine-related issue, though glitches have also cost him and team-mate Daniel Ricciardo elsewhere, as Red Bull enters the final months with Renault prior to a Honda switch.
“From both sides, Daniel and me, it’s honestly not at all how it should be,” said Verstappen.
“You pay millions as a team for you hope a decent engine but it keeps breaking down, we are also the slowest [engine] out there, honestly at the moment it’s difficult to accept.
“I was very angry at the radio I think was a lot of beeping out there, shame they beeped it away as it would have been better had they allowed it!
“I’m disappointed, the team is disappointed, [fans] are disappointed, they come all this way then you only do five laps or six laps.”
Verstappen added that he is uncertain whether he will have to take a grid penalty for fresh engine components at the next event in Belgium, which effectively doubles up as his home Grand Prix.
Verstappen holds sixth place in the championship, 108 points behind leader Lewis Hamilton.
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