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Max Verstappen has described his Red Bull as ‘super dangerous’ after suffering another high-speed spin, this time during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
The Red Bull driver had been in contention for a podium finish before losing control late in the race at Turn 15, rotating into the gravel. It was the second such incident in as many weekends, following a qualifying crash in Austria that ended with Verstappen in the barriers.
Verstappen placed responsibility on the RB22’s rear wing, claiming it was not closing correctly under braking and was leaving the car short of rear downforce at a critical phase of corner entry.
“Like Austria, a different fault but the same outcome,” Verstappen told media.
“So, again, while turning into the corner, the rear wing is not fully attaching and you lose a lot of downforce for that."
“At that point, it's super dangerous because you can really hurt yourself two times. I was lucky in Austria, I was lucky here, but that's why you get really fed up with it.”
The comments underline a growing frustration from Verstappen after a Silverstone weekend in which he had already complained about the car’s balance and overall competitiveness. His concerns followed a difficult qualifying picture for Red Bull, with Verstappen having already urged changes after the team’s Silverstone struggles, as covered in this related report on Verstappen’s Red Bull concerns after qualifying.
Despite the spin, Verstappen had been on course to capitalise on problems elsewhere. He cited Lewis Hamilton’s penalty, George Russell’s slow puncture and an issue for Kimi as factors that had opened the door to a possible podium.
But Verstappen made clear that such a result would not have reflected Red Bull’s real level at Silverstone.
“[I was] unlucky with everything that happened around me, with the penalty for Lewis, a slow puncture for George, Kimi's problem,” he said.
“Even if we had finished on the podium, you'd take it, but it's not deserved at all."
“On the hard tyres we were really slow. I don't know how I kept George and Lewis behind for so long.”
Verstappen’s assessment was blunt. He said the balance had been poor throughout the weekend, while also pointing to a lack of top speed compared with the other car in the Red Bull garage.
“The whole weekend I had a terrible balance, no top speed compared to the other car as well in the garage, and then the race was exactly the same, which I already predicted.”
For Verstappen, the issue is no longer simply about lost performance. After two spins in two race weekends, he has framed the RB22’s behaviour as a safety concern as much as a competitive weakness.
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