It quickly became apparent that the power units of both men were starved of fuel – despite there being plenty of ExxonMobil’s finest E10 in their respective tanks.
In other words something in the fuel system of the RB18 had failed and was not picking up the last few litres that were supposed to get the cars to the flag.
The intriguing part of the story is that F1 fuel systems are comprised of elements provided by the team, by the PU manufacturer and also by third parties who won FIA tenders to supply standard components to the whole grid.
The big question now is was it one of those generic items that failed in both cars, and thus the hugely embarrassing double retirement was triggered by something that was not manufactured by Red Bull Technology or Honda?
And if that’s the case, was there something in the packaging around it that the team or its engine partner were responsible for that somehow led to it failing on the two RB18s, and not on any other car?
Potentially the…
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