Red Bull team boss Christian Horner remains angry, saying seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has put Max Verstappen in great danger through an amateur mistake. The expert said they could be glad no one was injured at Sunday’s British Grand Prix.
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Hamilton and Verstappen clashed in the first round of the Silverstone race at a high pace in a fast-right called Copse, and while the defending champion was able to continue the fight, in fact, he also won the race, Verstappen slammed against the rubber wall at a high pace.
Fortunately, the Dutchman was not seriously injured, he was released from the hospital on Sunday evening, and since then he has been preparing for the Hungarian Grand Prix at his home in Monte-Carlo – it just hurts his neck a little.
Hamilton was sentenced to 10 seconds by the judges, but at Red Bull they are still very angry with the English. Christian Horner says it is unacceptable for a seven-time world champion to make such a mistakewhich, moreover, endangered Verstappen.
“Of course he put security at risk. I think every racer knows it’s extremely, extremely risky in that corner. You won’t stab your wheel there without serious consequences, ”the expert said.
“We were lucky that no one was injured after a 51G crash. And that’s why I’m most angry! It was simply misjudged and it was a desperate maneuver – luckily we got away with it. It could have been a lot worse, and the 10-second penalty seemed pretty faint. ”
“I think from a top view it is clear that Hamilton took the turn wide because he took too much pace into it. That overtaking could not have come together. ”
“From a seven-time world champion, it was an amateur mistake, a desperate mistake, and we were very, very lucky that no one was seriously injured.”
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