MELBOURNE, March 7 (Reuters) – Four-times Formula One world champion Max Verstappen crashed out of the first session of Australian Grand Prix qualifying after losing grip and thudding his Red Ball car into a barrier at Albert Park on Saturday.
Verstappen skidded out at turn one of the lakeside circuit but was unharmed and exited the car, having not recorded a single lap time.
“The car just … locked down the rear axles. Fantastic,” he said on the team radio.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
