Max Verstappen

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Christian Horner gutted after Max Verstappen damage denied 'slam ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Verstappen was one of the pre-race favourites to win Sunday's race at Silverstone, but damage to his Red Bull caused by a stray piece of debris left him ...

It was an exciting race." He later launched into an expletive-laden rant over team radio following another pit stop, as he struggled to warm up his new tyres and was passed by Sebastian Vettel with ease. The defending champion ran over some debris, and clearly lost performance as he was overtaken by both Ferraris before he dove into the pits for fresh tyres.

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Max Verstappen British GP win was 'slam dunk' claim Red Bull ... (Daily Express)

MAX VERSTAPPEN was leading the race before picking up damage and dropping down the field.

“I hit a huge piece of debris; I think it was carbon. “But he recalibrates pretty quickly and he got every ounce out of the performance when you look at the amount of downforce that he was missing today, that was right up there with one of his best drives. “But it was a great race.

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Max knew GP would never have put him in danger (PlanetF1)

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.

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Verstappen reveals part of floor was 'completely destroyed' by debris ... (Formula 1 RSS UK)

Max Verstappen was looking in great shape to continue his fine run of form – five wins in six races – in the early stages of the British Grand Prix, ...

And I actually think because of the Safety Car, we gained a few spots, so yes, quite a lot of damage limitation.” then he made a mistake so I got into the lead. He fought on with a damaged car and ultimately finished seventh.

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Praise for Verstappen: 'How often do you see that? (GPblog.com)

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.

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British Grand Prix: Max Verstappen says Red Bull car felt like it was ... (Sky Sports)

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.

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Verstappen damage like a shark attack - Horner (GPfans)

Christian Horner has revealed the damage suffered by Max Verstappen at the British Grand Prix was akin to a shark attack.

It got stuck under there so a fairly modified floor for the rest of the race. Horner, however, countered: "He didn't have a puncture. He reported it because it was so bad, it felt like a puncture."

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What happened to Max Verstappen? Red Bull star avoids damage ... (iNews)

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.

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