Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) finished the 2022 F1 Round 10 British Grand Prix final in 7th place.
Max Verstappen, who started from the 2nd grid, approached Carlos Sainz in just 0.8 seconds on lap 10, and Sainz, who was under pressure, made a mistake at the start of Becketts and went off course. Verstappen attacks there fiercely and takes the lead on the way to Hangar Straight.
However, on lap 12, Max Verstappen suddenly slowed down on a hanger straight. He steps on a piece of carbon when he goes off course in copse, wirelessly tells him that he may have been hit by a slow puncture, and retreats.
Max Verstappen, who entered the pits and exchanged for medium, returned to the course 6th behind Alonso, but shortly afterwards, he wirelessly complained that his RB18 was “completely broken.” Meanwhile, Max’s race engineer Jean-Pierrot Rambiase replied that the car’s floor was damaged and that it was possible to continue the race with downforce and performance losses.
Max Verstappen was under intense pressure from Mick Schumacher (Haas) late in the game, but suffered from a pace that surpassed Schumacher’s attack and finished in 7th place.
“Given the damage inflicted on the car, 7th place is a good result. The Czech Republic also got the podium, so I got some points for the team,” said Max Verstappen.
“Of course I wanted a higher position, but I was simply unlucky today. I checked the condition of the car while the red flag was interrupted, but the entire left half of the floor was broken. Probably carbon. Big debris. I have stepped on it. “
“I felt like I was punctured while driving, there was no balance at all, and the oversteer was terrible. The car was barely able to drive. I tried to find a good aero balance, but it was difficult.”
“Alex (Albon) seems to be undergoing a preliminary examination at the hospital, so I hope he’s safe. It doesn’t feel good to see such an accident.”
“Today it’s proved again that Halo has greatly improved safety. Without Halo, Zhou would have had different results.”
Category: Category: F1 / Max Verstappen / F1 British GP