Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen says he had full trust in his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase not to put him in danger as his British Grand Prix fell apart.

“Once I got into the lead after Carlos made a mistake, like a few corners later in Turn 5 there was a piece of carbon. “I know when they tell me it’s bodywork damage, and we can see the losses in downforce, then it’s fine. I know there’s damage, but if there’s like suspension damage it’s a different story.

Peter Windsor is impressed with Max Verstappen after the British Grand Prix. In a new video on his YouTube channel he pays compliments to the Dutchman.

Despite a poor start at the second attempt, Verstappen took the lead. In doing so he passed Sainz, but due to the red flag he had to start from P2 again. However, things went wrong for the Red Bull Racing driver, as a piece of carbon destroyed the bottom of his car.

Verstappen's car was '100% broken' at Silverstone but he still managed to surrender just six points to title rival Charles Leclerc.

Leclerc’s 12 points means he cuts into Verstappen’s driver’s championship lead – but not by much. “And I thought initially we had a puncture but that was not the case. “Within two corners I felt like the car was falling apart,” Verstappen said. By that point Verstappen had lost any hope of regaining ground on the race leaders. Confused as to what had happened, Verstappen initially switched onto fresh tyres assuming he had suffered a puncture. Floor damage can prove hugely problematic for the performance of F1 cars because it severely reduces the amount of downforce available to the driver.

The Red Bull driver started his day at Silverstone fairly positively; taking the race lead away from Carlos Sainz, after the Spanish driver made an unforced ...

"It's our home race and it's going to be another capacity crowd. "I think overall to finish seventh with that car, it was still a good result," Verstappen concluded. He drove a good race today." The damage just got worse." "Within two corners, I felt like the car was falling apart. However, the Red Bull driver then suffered significant structural damage to his car.