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‘Completely ruptured': Verstappen reveals extent of damage as he insists his engineer would never put him in danger

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has revealed the extend of the damage he picked up while leading the British Grand Prix last weekend. The Dutchman took the lead from Carlos Sainz when the Spaniard made a mistake at Chapel, but as the 24-year-old headed into Aintree corner, he ran over a piece of debris that had been deposited after Yuki Tsunoda collided with AlphaTauri team-mate Pierre Gasly. The debris severely damaged the underside of Verstappen’s car, and led to a horrible lack of balance and downforce which affected him for the remainder of the afternoon. There may have been a question as to whether it was safe to continue, but his race engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, is a trustworthy team...
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