Christian Horner says that Max Verstappen suffered “quite a lot of damage” to his Red Bull after hitting a bollard during the Miami Grand Prix, with the team set to investigate what the impact how much this may have affected his pace in the second half of the race.
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"... Horner suggested that the impact on Verstappen’s car from the earlier bollard incident meant that ending the event in second place was actually a good outcome.
“He hit the bollard around Lap 20, and that’s actually done quite a lot of damage to the underside of the car, so we’ll have to look at exactly what the effect of that has been,” the Team Principal said.
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“And with the damage, I think second place was actually a decent result.”
Pushed further on the extent of the damage to Verstappen’s RB20, Horner added: “It’s a reasonable amount. The area around the left rear floor, there’s a reasonable amount that’s missing. “I think when you actually see the pictures of what was missing, it wasn’t designed like that!”
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Asked after the race if he had felt any damage to the car following his contact with the bollard,
Verstappen stated that it “didn’t feel different”.
“Maybe it was already damaged. I don't know,” he continued. “I mean I hit that thing and then my pace was the same, so I didn't really know if there was damage.” ..."