Last Friday, team chief of Red Bull Racing Christian Horner announced that his team had received a bill of $1.8 million, to repair star driver Max Verstappen’s car after his controversial crash with Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton at the last grand prix at Silverstone on the 18th of July.
The crash which occurred in the opening lap, went viral among F1 fans on social media with opinions on who’s fault it was varying between fans. Max was forced to retire from the race and underwent a 6-hour check up at the nearest hospital. Lewis received a 10-second penalty, but that didn’t stop him as he went on to win the race and confirmed that he won’t go down easily defending his championship.
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After announcing how expensive the repair will be, Horner ,went on to heavily criticize Lewis for the “level of celebrations” the Brit enjoyed, knowing that his closest rival was in hospital for a crash he was in too. The crash only helped the rivalry get more and more heated, something the F1 community wouldn’t mind after a 7-year dominance from Mercedes.
The rivalry will again pick up this weekend at the Hungary Grand Prix. With the distance between the two drivers only at 8 points now, will we see Lewis regain his position or Max hold on to it for his first ever Driver’s Championship.
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