Red Bull chiefs hold crisis talks as Verstappen stews

Senior figures at Red Bull held crisis talks after the Bahrain Grand Prix finished with a deeply dissatisfied Max Verstappen languishing in sixth place.

- Giles Richards

But the team principal, Christian Horner, said there will be no quick fix.

Horner conceded the team have problems that need to be addressed as soon as possible, but he said: "This race has exposed some pitfalls that are obviously very clear that we need to get on top of very quickly. Ultimately you can mask it a little through setup and we were able to achieve that last weekend in Suzuka. We understand where the issues are, it's introducing the solutions that obviously take a little more time."

The technical director, Pierre Waché, the motorsport adviser, Helmut Marko, and the chief engineer, Paul Monaghan, convened along with Horner to address the problems that have beset them and given Verstappen a mountain to climb in his title defence.