Red Bull said Verstappen was driving with a piece of debris stuck in the bottom

MOSCOW, Jul 4 Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said that the car of the Dutchman Max Verstappen during the British Grand Prix «Formula 1» damaged the fragment of the car «Alpha Tauri». Sunday's race was stopped by red flags due to an accident in which five riders were involved. Alfa Tauri pilot Pierre Gasly made contact with George Russell's Mercedes, which, having lost control, crashed into Zhou Guangyu's Alfa Romeo. The car of the Chinese rider turned over, flew at high speed on the roof, first on the asphalt, then on the gravel and, turning over again several times, flew out of the protective barriers. The rider was hospitalized.» Verstappen appeared to have suffered a puncture when on lap 11 he hit a piece of the Alpha Tauri from an early race incident. He had to spend the rest of the race with a piece of end plate stuck in the bottom, losing a huge amount of downforce,» Horner was quoted as saying by RacingNews365.com. During the race, Verstappen assumed that his car had been damaged by a wreckage from Carlos Sainz's Ferrari car. The current world champion finished in seventh place. Sainz won the race for the first time in his career. «I couldn't turn around to go around the wreckage so I tried to hit him head-on. Usually they just fly away, but this time he hit my car, destroying the entire left side. In two corners, I felt that the car was falling apart. Driving the car was not easy,» SkySports quotes Verstappen. British Grand Prix03 July 2022 • Start at 17:00 Completed Carlos Sainz Jr. Spain : Max Verstappen The Netherlands