Return the end plate that destroyed Red Bull F1 and RB18 to Alpha Tauri[F1-Gate .com]

Red Bull Racing has returned to its owner the AlphaTauri end plate that ruined Max Verstappen’s F1 British Grand Prix.

At the F1 British Grand Prix, AlphaTauri’s Pierre Guthrie and Yuki Tsunoda played a friendly fire, and both spun out. The right end plate of Guthrie’s rear wing was lost.

Pierre Guthrie retired due to a rear wing problem, but Yuki Tsunoda finished in 14th place despite damage to the car.

Later, Pierre Guthrie’s end plate was caught under the race leader Max Verstappen’s RB18, damaging the floor and having a major impact on handling. Initially, Verstappen felt punctured and eventually finished in 7th place with the uncompetitive RB18.

After the race, Red Bull Racing discovered that the end plate was caught on the floor and obstructed the air flow, and that it came from AlphaTauri. Later, a photo of smiling Max Verstappen holding the end plate was released at debriefing.

As part of the FIA (International Automobile Federation) financial rules, the F1 team needed to know all the parts they used, so Max Verstappen couldn’t keep it as a souvenir.

When asked if Red Bull Racing had returned the end plate, Jody Egginton, F1 Technical Director of AlphaTauri, replied, “Yes, they returned the end plate to us.”

“It’s on the UIIL (Used Inventory Incremental List), not theirs. So we needed to get it back.”

Jody Egginton admitted an unfortunate coincidence that he was picked up by a sister team’s car.

“These things can snowball, right? The odds are small, but it happened, and unfortunately it affected Max’s race. I’m sorry about that. Then they returned it. He gave me. “

When asked what Alfa Talli was going to do, Jody Egginton said, “I don’t know. There are several places I can pack, but I don’t want to comment …”.

Jody Egginton, along with Red Bull F1 motorsport advisor Helmut Marco and AlphaTauri’s F1 team representative Franz Tost, said that AlphaTauri’s engineering team cannot repeat the clash with Pierre Guthrie. I confirmed that I had told Yuuki.

“There was a discussion between Franz and Helmut, which is public,” said Jody Egginton.

“And as an engineering group, we sat down and talked about what we had to do.”

“But from our point of view, it’s more important to sit down, talk objectively, and emphasize what you need, what you want, and how you want to achieve it. Some differences There was a debate. “

“I’m not familiar with the discussions that take place at the team’s principal level, but at the technical level, as young drivers, we sit down and talk about it as engineers, and this is something we need to avoid. That’s what we want to achieve. ”