Brutal double DNF in F1 Bahrain GP is Red Bull’s “worst nightmare”

Verstappen looked locked in to take second place behind Ferrari’s winner Charles Leclerc, while Sergio Perez was holding onto fourth in his fight with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.

But with two laps to go Verstappen dramatically slowed and coasted into the pitlane after suffering what he thought were battery problems.

On the final lap misfortune also struck Perez as his engine seized to Turn 1, which locked the rear axle and put the Mexican into a spin.

It cost Red Bull 30…