Max Verstappen seeking Red Bull investigation after 'extreme' Sao Paulo swing

Max Verstappen is eager for Red Bull to understand how his RB22 car suffered an "extreme" swing in balance in the Sao Paulo GP.

From 21st on the grid after a power unit change, in the early wet conditions, Verstappen sliced through the field, with Lewis Hamilton from 20th - with the Dutchman up to sixth place by Lap 8 after passing Alex Albon, Oscar Piastri, and Nico Hulkenberg. 

Through the two stops for slick tyres, and then through the final change back to intermediates, Verstappen climbed to second place behind dominant winner Lando Norris to record a third straight podium at Interlagos after either starting from the back or pit-lane.

His haul of 18 points further cements the Red Bull driver into second place in the drivers' standings, and is now 17 points clear of George Russell and 18 clear of Lewis Hamilton after a seventh podium in the last eight races, and 11th in the 13 races since the Austrian GP. 

However, post-race, Verstappen described how his car suddenly had "extreme amounts of oversteer" after the cross to slick tyres - and was unsure of the cause.

"The first laps were fun and hectic, but you had to be patient as well; it was very slippery out there," Verstappen told Sky Sports F1.

"Of course you are finding grip in other places, but it is very easy to make a mistake, so you can look like a hero, but you can also very quickly go to zero, so I think we did well. 

"I very quickly moved myself to the front, but then something went wrong with the car when we went from inters to the softs.

"I had extreme amounts of oversteer in the high-speed corners, so that means you try to rebalance that, but it kills your front tyre.

"So we need to understand, and I don't want to say [something] failed, but what actually went missing or broke on the car because I do think there was much more in it, but unfortunately, for most of the race, the car was just not working well.

"Because when we switched back to the intermediates at the end, the car was completely the opposite balance of what I had in the beginning - and that is normally not possible."

Verstappen then indicated that the issue was not part of the car degradation he has reported in previous races, and that "something probably fell off or broke."