The Dutch driver, Max Verstappen, was forced to withdraw from the second practice session (FP2) in Montreal due to an issue with the energy recovery system in his car early in the session.

Although the lack of running was not ideal, especially with limited opportunities for clear laps due to the weather, Verstappen expressed that his main concern was understanding what happened and the potential consequences.

Speaking about his day, Verstappen said: 'Unfortunately, in FP2, I didn't get many laps.

There was a suspected electrical issue, so they told me to box, and they are investigating now.

It's not ideal.

I mean, I would have liked to drive more laps, and some other people had a few more laps in the dry and a few more laps now in the wet.

So, it's definitely not how I would have liked to get on in FP2.

But I think it's more important to just figure out what actually happened and what kind of implications that will have for this weekend or the rest of the year.

'Red Bull's motorsport director, Helmut Marko, commented on the situation, saying: 'The problem is on the engine side.

We have to take the engine out now to find the exact reason, but it is on the electric part of the engine.

' Despite the lack of track time, Red Bull did not seem overly concerned about it seriously compromising Verstappen's weekend.

Marko added: 'Of course, it's annoying because the first session was already mostly wet and without conclusions, but for the set-up, let's hope that [Saturday] is dry during that final practice session.

'The mixed conditions in Montreal on Friday also meant that Red Bull did not get a proper understanding of how much progress it has made in addressing the kerb-riding problems that have held it back recently.

Marko added: 'We have found some problems after Monaco, and I hope that we can make steps with the new set-up for this weekend.

I mean, when Max was out on track, he set purple times in sector two, so that looks promising.

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