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Red Bull confirms Verstappen gearbox issue

– Red Bull has confirmed that a gearbox problem led to Max Verstappen's retirement midway through Sunday's United States Grand Prix.Verstappen suffered the failure as he exited the hairpin after 31/56 laps, and initially cruised around before the team told him to stop the car.Although he found a gap in the barriers, marshals could not push his car backwards, leading race control to deploy a Virtual Safety Car.Verstappen's team-mate, Daniel Ricciardo, who had recently pitted, in turn lost out as the Mercedes drivers completed free pit-stops."Once I jumped out it was in neutral and the car suddenly got stuck; normally you can press a button on the top, and that apparently didn't...
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