Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has said he has little sympathy for Charles Leclerc and Ferrari's current struggles, saying that it's all part of racing.

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix provided another dose of high drama at the weekend as Charles Leclerc suffered another reliability issue, with his Ferrari going up in smoke with him leading the race in Baku.

Indeed, he's now seen two retirements in the last three races cost him a shot at victory, and in that time Max Verstappen has managed to build a 34-point gap to him in the championship, with him picking up the pieces on both occasions to take victory.

Max, of course, has had to bounce back from his own reliability problems from the start of the season where he had two retirements in the first three races and so that, combined with the ultimately competitive nature of being a racing driver, probably explains why he has little sympathy for his rival's current woes:

"I would always say s*** happens. That's racing, you know?

"It happened to me, it happened to many people in the past and unfortunately it's happening to Charles now. If I would be in the same situation I would also be disappointed, I think that's very normal, but it's about how you come out of it.

"You always look at how to improve things and that's what we did as well at the beginning of the season. You learn from it, you don't like it, you are angry, but you turn it around.

"You always have to stay on it because something else might happen and you have to prevent these issues from happening."

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - JUNE 12: Smoke pours from the car of Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Ferrari F1-75 as his engine fails leading to him retiring from the race during the F1 Grand Prix of Azerbaijan at Baku City Circuit on June 12, 2022 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

As Max mentions, it's about how you respond from adversity and he and Red Bull have certainly done a fine job in that regard.

They've now won five races on the bounce, with Max taking victory in four after Baku, and they'll be looking to maintain that dominance at the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend.