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Red Bull Takes Full Responsibility For Verstappen's Austrian GP Qualifying Crash
Laurent Mekies has confirmed that Max Verstappen had absolutely no chance of avoiding his dramatic Q3 crash at the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday. Red Bull found rear aerodynamic damage on the RB22 that caused a sudden and complete loss of rear downforce as Verstappen turned into Turn 9 at the Red Bull Ring. 'The dynamic of the incident was quite unusual. We lost aero performance on the rear of the car and it gave Max no chance to survive,' Mekies said. The Red Bull team principal went further, offering a direct apology to his driver, saying: 'As a team we take full responsibility for it and apologise to him.' Verstappen himself had already sensed something was wrong earlier in the lap,...
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