Max Verstappen flies to Amsterdam after Monaco Grand Prix retirement

Max Verstappen flew from Monaco to Amsterdam on June 9, landing at Schiphol just before 20:30 UTC in his Dassault Falcon 900EX, PH-DTF. The 28-minute hop across the English Channel came the same weekend the Dutch driver retired from the Monaco Grand Prix on the opening lap due to a sudden engine failure — an issue Red Bull later traced to the power unit, which the team had already planned to swap before the Barcelona round per team principal Laurent Mekies [au.motorsport.com](https://au.motorsport.com/f1/news/red-bull-finds-cause-of-max-verstappens-dnf-planned-engine-change-after-monaco/10828371/).

Verstappen, who lives in Monaco, told reporters he went straight home mid-race because his apartment is only 500 meters from the circuit [talksport.com](https://talksport.com/motorsport/4310522/max-verstappen-leaves-monaco-grand-prix-home-retirement/). The DNF leaves him 113 points behind championship leader Kimi Antonelli after six rounds, effectively ending his title defense for a fifth consecutive crown.

The Schiphol landing is a return to an origin point: the jet spent much of late May shuttling between Amsterdam and Nice, with the pattern of weekend race travel typical of a Grand Prix season. On this occasion, the flight was simply a short ride home to the Netherlands after a race weekend that ended before it began.