Verstappen 'fed up' with 'dangerous' Red Bull car after crash

Max Verstappen spun out of the British Grand Prix in the closing stages when he was on course for a podium; the incident appeared similar to Verstappen's crash in Austrian GP qualifying a week earlier; Verstappen says he is "fed up" with the "dangerous" nature of his Red Bull car

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>Max Verstappen said a fault with his Red Bull car that caused him to crash out of the British Grand Prix is "dangerous" and that he is getting "really fed up" with the issue.

>Verstappen was on course to finish third at Silverstone on Sunday when he spun at the high-speed Stowe corner, leaving his car beached in the gravel.

>The incident was similar to Verstappen's crash in qualifying at last weekend's Austrian Grand Prix, with the four-time world champion explaining that both spins have been caused by his rear wing failing to fully close after opening to provide more speed on a straight.

>Verstappen told Sky Sports F1: "The same as Austria - the rear wing just doesn't fully close.

>"I saw the analysis. It looks like it closes, but it doesn't. It closes but it's just (a little bit open) and you lose a lot of rear downforce. And that's why the car just spins off the track.

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>"When it happens one time, that can happen, faults happen. Two times, it's getting very dangerous for me because you can really hurt yourself at these high-speed corners when it happens."

>The incident comes amid heavy speculation over Verstappen's future with the team, with the Dutchman's camp understood to have held talks with McLaren last month.

>In a separate interview, in regard to his safety, Verstappen added: "I was lucky in Austria, I was lucky here, but that's why you get really fed up with it."

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>Verstappen was only on course for a podium because of issues for both Mercedes cars, and he was also aided by being able to make his second pit stop under a virtual safety car.

>George Russell had looked likely to pass Verstappen before suffering a slow puncture, while Kimi Antonelli had been chasing down eventual winner Charles Leclerc when he suffered a wheel-guard failure.

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>Verstappen was also only able to battle with Lewis Hamilton, who finished third, because the Ferrari driver had received a five-second penalty for a false start.

>For those reasons, Verstappen was not overly enthused by the fact he had been on course for a strong result.

>He told Sky Sports F1: "We got lucky, right? Lewis had that five-second penalty. We had a VSC at one point, George had a slow-puncture I think, Kimi had a problem, so that's why you put yourself in that position.

>"Even if we finished on the podium, it would have been a podium that we didn't deserve on pace because on the hard tyres we were nowhere, I had no grip.

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>"I probably got a bit lucky with George and Lewis fighting. It was actually quite entertaining to watch in my mirror. I was like, 'thank you!'

>"But we were just simply too slow. On the medium, maybe a little bit better, but still the balance was so bad for me, the whole weekend and in the race again, that I can't push at all.

>"At least if you hope even if you have a difficult weekend balance-wise to finish the race, but we can't even do that all the time. It's just another painful weekend."

>Red Bull chief Laurent Mekies said Verstappen was right to be unhappy as he reflected on an "unpleasant" situation for both driver and team.

>"He's right not to be happy," Mekies told reporters.

>"It is very unpleasant for drivers to be let down by the car in the high-speed corners in two consecutive races, whether it be for two different reasons.

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>"And it is in a much smaller scale also extremely unpleasant for us as a group to send our drivers to the gravel trap, so he's right to be unhappy.

>"I have no doubt that as a team we will put in place what is necessary for that not to happen again, even if we fail to do that today.

>"And we take that as seriously as one can do, and therefore the minimum that Max can feel today is being unhappy."

>Formula 1's summer run continues with the Belgian Grand Prix at legendary Spa-Francorchamps on July 17-19, live on Sky Sports F1. Stream Sky Sports with NOW - no contract, cancel anytime