Perez sees Red Bull not scoring points: 'This is a bit of a blow'

In the end it was not Perez but Lewis Hamilton who took fifteen World CChampionship points. The Red Bull Racing driver had to deal with what appeared to be the same problem as his Dutch teammate Verstappen.

"It's really disappointing when something like this happens. This is a bit of a blow, but this is racing. It's hard to digest, we had the podium in the pocket. But as a team it was a tough race. It's the first race of the season, it's important to have the points in the pocket," Perez told Viaplay.

Red Bull hopes to have clarity as early as Sunday evening on what exactly caused the two DNFs. Ahead of next week's Saudi Arabia Grand Prix, the Austrian racing stable will certainly want everything resolved.