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Horner says Perez needs new engine: "Looks like he's going to need it"
- GPblog.com
Christian Horner saw both his cars hit when Valtteri Bottas braked heavily at the first corner on the wet Hungaroring track. The Red Bull Racing team boss saw Sergio Perez unable to continue his journey, while Verstappen had to complete another 70 laps with a badly damaged RB16B.
"Frustrating," Horner sums up the afternoon for Red Bull in one word. "Valtteri clearly made a bad start and it seems he misjudged his braking point for Turn 1. This is a karting mistake when you are trying to regain too much ground. Unfortunately for us he took out both our cars. Hugely frustrating."
It doesn't just cost the Austrian racing team a lot of points in Hungary. Once again there is a lot of damage and that is going to be in the papers. "It looks like we'll have to put a new engine in for Sergio. The mechanics have done miracles to get that car [Verstappen] running. They've had to straighten out lines, it's just hugely frustrating."
Verstappen lost downforce
Despite the repairs, Verstappen had many problems with the balance of his car. "He was driving with half a car. The whole right side of the barge boards were missing and he probably had less downforce than Mick Schumacher," Horner explained of the fact that Verstappen was unable to get past the Haas F1 car for a long time.