BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Red Bull driver Max Verstappen was quick to express his frustration after being taken out on the first lap of a Formula One race for…
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Red Bull driver Max Verstappen was quick to express his frustration after being taken out on the first lap of a Formula One race for the second straight time and losing the championship lead. “Again, taken out by a Mercedes,” Verstappen said after Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. “I was missing the whole side of my car. And the floor was damaged as well, so almost impossible to drive.” He was actually nudged off track by McLaren’s Lando Norris when in second place and he finished 10th. It meant that he conceded significant points and the overall lead to Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton heading into the midseason break. But Norris was not at fault, since he had been hit from behind by Hamilton’s teammate Valtteri Bottas and lurched into Verstappen — who was knocked off track at the British GP two weeks ago by Hamilton and scored no points in that race.
