Horner Unravels Yet Another Truth About Max Verstappen Following the High-Speed Silverstone Crash

The 2021 F1 season orchestrated one of the scariest crashes in a decade starring the championship contender, Max Verstappen. As F1 flagged off the British Grand Prix, Verstappen and his rival, Lewis Hamilton, enjoyed an immense battle for the lead.

But, things went haywire when the duo ended up side-by-side around the high-speed Copse corner. And investigations revealed that Verstappen’s seat was broken, which pretty much answered the question of how dangerous the crash was.

Well, Red Bull are continuing to unravel more truth out of this crash; The latest such news arriving from Red Bull’s boss, Christian Horner.

What did the Red Bull boss say?

As reported by Speed Week, Horner reckoned that Verstappen had passed out for a brief moment following the high-impact crash at Silverstone.

“It got really exciting on the Wellington Straight and then came this accident, which was very serious. The seat broke and I think he was briefly passed out. It was definitely the hardest crash of his career,” he said.

“It was very tough for him and he was so disappointed not to have met the team’s expectations.” Of course, the stewards ultimately affirmed that it wasn’t Verstappen to blame, and rather Hamilton. The latter did receive a 10-second stop-go penalty.

However, none of such speed bumps obstructed the defending champion from winning the race after putting up a long chase after Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

Max Verstappen was incredibly frustrated: Horner

This isn’t necessarily shocking, but Horner revealed that Verstappen was not a happy man, having left the British GP empty-handed after showing promising signs in both qualifying and the sprint race.

“Of course, Max was incredibly frustrated with the Silverstone result because he had done all the hard work. He prevailed against the competition in the sprint and thus captured pole for the main race,” the Red Bull team principal concluded.

Overall, despite enduring such tough moments, Verstappen is still leading the championship with 6 races left in hand. Of course, the difference is still less than 10 points, and one race is all it takes for the advantage to return to Hamilton.

Hence, will the Dutchman crack under pressure or can he remain composed and retain the current lead until the very end of the season?

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