Christian Horner has opened up on the damages the crash between Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton cost Red Bull
The British Grand Prix had ended up turning extremely sour. Ensuing Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen’s crash in the opening stages of the bygone race at the weekend, things had spilt out of the circuit as well with Max Verstappen and Christian Horner weighing in on the incident.
Lews Hamilton Crashes Into Max Verstappen At The British Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton who had clearly blatantly crashed into Max Verstappen’s Red Bull to send it reeling into the tyre high wall at the exit had adamantly denied his mistake. Despite his misdemeanour being caught on camera, the Brit was handed a scanty 10 second penalty.
Overcoming it on the day, Hamilton managed to prevail as he won the British Grand Prix. What was even more shocking in the aftermath of his win was the manner in which he was seen jumping and rejoicing with the British crowd with little remorse for his actions or concern for Max Verstappen.
Verstappen who was in hospital at the time had lambasted Hamilton for the manner in which he was rejoicing in the win, calling it an extremely unsportsmanlike gesture. Hamilton’s antics were an epitome of what the British public is in general, much of what was seen during the summit clash of Euro 2020 as well.
Along with Verstappen and a string of F1 viewers, Red Bull principal, Christian Horner had lashed out at Lewis Hamilton as well. He had claimed that the penalty Hamilton had gotten was way too measly for the kind of misconduct he had caused.
Christian Horner Reveals Cost Of Lewis Hamilton And Max Verstappen Crash
Verstappen’s Red Bull car which was reduced to tatters ensuing the crash had sent ripples across the world of motorsports. It alluded at the severity of the accident, one which could have fatally harmed Verstappen.
Horner has now gone onto reveal the full damage of the crash to Red Bull with him revealing that the side was $1.8 million poorer after the crash.
Writing for Red Bull, Verstappen said, “It is no secret that we felt at the time, and still feel, that Hamilton was given a light penalty for this type of incident
“The other significant factor is the cost-cap element of this. That crash has cost us approximately $1.8million and an accident like that has massive ramifications in a budget cap era.”
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