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Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has said that a problem with Max Verstappen's clutch was to blame for his poor start to Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix.
He also revealed that the team had asked the FIA for permission to fix the problem before the race, but were denied.
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"It was a clutch issue but they [the FIA] couldn't see an issue with it so we couldn't change the clutch," he said. "A problem has reappeared where we've had too much torque, too much wheelspin."
"It's had a very abrupt release and then he picked up a load of wheelspin. That combined with Nico Hulkenberg coming at an angle - how on earth Max missed that I don't know - meant he lost so much momentum down towards turn one," he added. "It cost him quite a few places."
"Hopefully we'll be able to give him a better clutch for the next race."
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