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This is how Verstappen solved his battery issues in the sprint race
Max Verstappen won the sprint race in China but not everything was smooth. The Dutchman ran into a problem, resulting in an angry message over the team radio. The Dutchman also had to start from P4 so needed to make some overtakes.
In the sprint shootout on Friday, Max Verstappen failed to set a perfect lap. As a result, he had to start the sprint race from fourth place. The start of the sprint race was not easy for the Dutchman. "Some people around me started on new mediums. Around here, there's a bit more of a peak in the tyre because they go off quite a bit, and so the first two laps I had to really defend."
Problems for Verstappen in China
The three-time world champion then ran into a problem. "My battery ran out. It was not charging basically so I had to do some changes on the steering wheel. Then of course, it also takes like two/three laps before you have a bit of a battery back in the pack, and then my pace started to pick up."
Starting from fourth place, the Dutchman had to overtake some drivers, but with the fastest car in the field, this was no problem. "I could ease up to Fernando to get him, then up to Lewis and just rely on the pace of the car."